HB787 - Relating to the restarting of a vehicle's battery while the vehicle is being transported on the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry; authorizing a fee.

  89R8981 AND-D     By: Leo Wilson, et al. H.B. No. 787     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 787:     By:  Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 787       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the restarting of a vehicle's battery while the vehicle   is being transported on the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry;   authorizing a fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 342, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 342.005 to read as follows:           Sec.   342.005.     RESTARTING VEHICLE BATTERY ON GALVESTON-PORT   BOLIVAR FERRY. (a) The operator of a vehicle being transported on   the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department may   attempt to restart the vehicle's battery only if a ferry employee   confirms the absence of hazardous gas. At the request of the   vehicle operator, a ferry employee who has completed the training   described by Subsection (b) shall check for hazardous gas.           (b)  The department shall:                 (1)     provide training to ferry employees regarding the   safe use of equipment to detect hazardous gas; and                 (2)     provide and maintain in good operating condition   equipment for detecting hazardous gas.           (c)     The department may charge a fee for providing the   service described by Subsection (a) in an amount set by the   department that is reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of   administering this section.           (d)     Nothing in this section requires a ferry employee to   attempt to restart the battery of a vehicle being transported on the   Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry operated by the department.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2025, the Texas   Department of Transportation shall adopt rules necessary to   administer Section 342.005, Transportation Code, as added by this   Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.