Bill Text: TX HB2293 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain types of steel slag in road construction by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-06 - Referred to Transportation [HB2293 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2293-Introduced.html
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By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 2293 |
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relating to the use of certain types of steel slag in road | ||
construction by the Texas Department of Transportation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 223, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 223.0451 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 223.0451. USE OF STEEL SLAG FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION. | ||
Department design standards, guidelines, and specifications shall | ||
require that contract specifications for a road construction | ||
project allow for the use of electric arc furnace steel slag for | ||
paving, bridge construction, and other appropriate road | ||
construction unless that use is technically inappropriate | ||
according to sound engineering principles or increases the cost of | ||
that construction. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |