88R7112 JRR-D     By: Alvarado S.B. No. 1775       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to on-site identification requirements for certain   contractors and subcontractors of the Texas Department of   Transportation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 201.625 to read as follows:          Sec. 201.625.  ON-SITE IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR   CERTAIN DEPARTMENT CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS. (a)  The   commission shall adopt rules establishing identification   requirements for department contractors and subcontractors while   working at the site of a construction, maintenance, or improvement   project of the department.          (b)  The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must require:                (1)  an employee of the contractor or subcontractor   while working at the site of the project to wear an identification   badge, in the form and manner prescribed by the commission, that   clearly identifies the employee as a department contractor or   subcontractor; and                (2)  each vehicle of the contractor or subcontractor   while the vehicle is at the site of the project to display on each   side of the vehicle, in the form and manner prescribed by the   commission, insignia or other markings identifying the vehicle as a   vehicle of a department contractor or subcontractor.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2023, the Texas   Transportation Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section   201.625, Transportation Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.