Bill Text: TX HB36 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school bus using images from a school bus monitoring system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-07 - Filed [HB36 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB36-Introduced.html
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By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 36 |
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relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school | ||
bus using images from a school bus monitoring system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 542.207 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 542.207. USE OF SCHOOL BUS MONITORING SYSTEM IMAGES | ||
FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) In this section, "school | ||
bus monitoring system" means a camera installed on a school bus for | ||
the purpose of detecting violations described by Section 545.066. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 707.020 and 707.021, a local | ||
authority or a school district may issue a civil or criminal charge | ||
or citation, as applicable, for a violation described by Section | ||
545.066 based on a recorded image produced by a school bus | ||
monitoring system. The recorded image may be used as evidence in a | ||
proceeding for the violation. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |