Bill Text: TX HB2745 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2745 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a study administered by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle safety devices for motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Transportation [HB2745 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2745-Introduced.html



	By: White	H.B. No. 2745



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study administered by the Texas Department of Motor
	Vehicles to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle
	safety devices for motor vehicles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 750, Transportation Code, is amended by
	adding Section 750.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 750.004. STUDY OF IN-VEHICLE SAFETY DEVICES FOR MOTOR
	VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "in-vehicle safety device" means an
	in-vehicle device that:
	(1) for a motor vehicle, other than an authorized
	emergency vehicle, is a self-contained radio receiver that:
	(A) detects the approach of an authorized
	emergency vehicle, flashes lights to draw the driver's attention,
	and receives and plays a unique coded message instructing the
	driver; and
	(B) detects stationary transmitters warning of
	highway conditions and cautionary situations, including school
	crossing zones and construction or maintenance work zones, flashes
	lights to draw the driver's attention, and receives and plays a
	unique coded message instructing the driver;
	(2) for an authorized emergency vehicle, is fitted
	with a transmitter that activates automatically with the siren and
	emergency lighting system of the vehicle to transmit a unique
	emergency message to devices described by Subdivision (1) in the
	vicinity; and
	(3) is powered by a rechargeable battery and a solar
	cell.
	(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall conduct a
	study to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle
	safety devices for motor vehicles.
	(c) This section expires, January 1, 2015.
	SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2014, the Texas
	Department of Motor Vehicles shall deliver a report to each house of
	the legislature on the information collected under section 750.004,
	Transportation Code.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.