Bill Text: TX SB1123 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used by child-care facilities to transport children.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1123-Introduced.html
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| By: West | S.B. No. 1123 | |
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| relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used | ||
| by child-care facilities to transport children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 42.0424 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 42.0424. CHILD SAFETY ALARMS IN VEHICLES. (a) In this | ||
| section, "electronic child safety alarm" means an alarm system that | ||
| prompts the driver of a vehicle to inspect the vehicle to determine | ||
| whether children are in the vehicle before the driver exits the | ||
| vehicle. | ||
| (b) A licensed day-care center shall equip each vehicle | ||
| owned or leased by the facility with an electronic child safety | ||
| alarm if the vehicle is: | ||
| (1) designed to seat six or more persons; and | ||
| (2) used to transport children under the care of the | ||
| facility. | ||
| (c) The licensed day-care center shall ensure that the | ||
| electronic child safety alarm is properly maintained and used when | ||
| transporting children. | ||
| (d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 42.0424, Human Resources Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies to a vehicle purchased or leased before, on, or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect March 1, 2014. | ||
