Bill Text: TX SB1055 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle accidents involving a vulnerable road user within the area of a crosswalk and to requiring the operator of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1055 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1055-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to motor vehicle accidents involving a vulnerable road user within the area of a crosswalk and to requiring the operator of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1055 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1055-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1055 | |
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| relating to motor vehicle accidents involving a pedestrian or other | ||
| vulnerable road user within the area of a crosswalk; creating a | ||
| criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Lisa Torry Smith | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.428 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.428. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING PEDESTRIAN | ||
| OR OTHER VULNERABLE ROAD USER WITHIN AREA OF CROSSWALK; OFFENSE. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Electric personal assistive mobility device" has | ||
| the meaning assigned by Section 551.201. | ||
| (2) "Golf cart" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 551.401. | ||
| (3) "Motor-assisted scooter" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 551.351. | ||
| (4) "Neighborhood electric vehicle" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 551.301. | ||
| (b) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal | ||
| negligence: | ||
| (1) operates a motor vehicle within the area of a | ||
| crosswalk; and | ||
| (2) causes bodily injury to a pedestrian or a person | ||
| operating a bicycle, motor-assisted scooter, electronic personal | ||
| assistive mobility device, neighborhood electric vehicle, or golf | ||
| cart. | ||
| (c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, | ||
| except that the offense is a state jail felony if the person | ||
| described by Subsection (b)(2) suffered serious bodily injury. | ||
| (d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this | ||
| section that, at the time of the offense, the person described by | ||
| Subsection (b)(2) was violating a provision of this subtitle | ||
| relating to walking, movement, or operation in a crosswalk or on a | ||
| roadway. | ||
| (e) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | ||
| section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor | ||
| may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
