Bill Text: TX HB3061 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to operating a motor vehicle while a person is occupying the trunk of the motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3061 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3061-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 3061 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3061: | |||
By: Morrison | C.S.H.B. No. 3061 |
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relating to operating a motor vehicle while a person is occupying | ||
the trunk of the motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 545.4141 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 545.4141. CARRYING PERSON IN TRUNK; OFFENSE. (a) In | ||
this section, "trunk" means that portion of a motor vehicle that is: | ||
(1) designed for the transportation of cargo and not | ||
the transportation of the operator or passengers; and | ||
(2) enclosed on all sides and accessible only by means | ||
of a door or lid. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates a | ||
motor vehicle on a highway or street while another person is | ||
occupying the trunk. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |