TEXAS LAW REQUIRES RAILROAD EMPLOYEES TO DISPLAY RAILROAD ID NOT PERSONAL DRIVERS LICENSE

From: Terry Briggs [mailto:terry@tslb.org]
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:15 PM
To: gilgore@bleupsrgca.com
Subject: Identification requirements

Brother Gil,

This is current law regarding identification requirements when a police officer asks for a person's ID in connection with the operation of a locomotive or train. This law is still in effect.

Terry Briggs

Click HERE to view a PDF version of the Law.

Proof of Identification Sec. 3.

A person who operates a railroad locomotive or train and who is required by a peace officer to show proof of identification in connection with the person's operation of a train shall display the person's permit issued under this Act and may not be required to display an operator's, commercial operator's, or chauffeurs driver's license issued under Chapter 173, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941, as amended (Article 6687b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). Records

Relating to Accidents or Violations Sec. 4.

If a person operating a railroad locomotive or train is involved in an accident with another train or a motor vehicle or is arrested for violation of a law relating to the person's operation of a locomotive[0] or train, the number or other identifying information about the person's operator's, commercial operator's, or chauffeurs driver's license may not be included in any report of the accident or violation, and the person's involvement in the accident or violation may not be recorded in the person's individual driving record maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 551, ch. 232, eff. Aug. 31, 1981. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 340, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.