Bill Text: TX SB1308 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 1308 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle technologies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB1308 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1308-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Blanco	S.B. No. 1308
	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
	March 31, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2021,
	sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1308	By: Blanco


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle
	technologies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. STUDY. (a) In this section:
	(1) "Automated driving system" has the meaning
	assigned by Section 545.451, Transportation Code.
	(2) "Connected driving system" means hardware and
	software that, when installed on a motor vehicle and engaged, allow
	the vehicle to electronically communicate with other vehicles and
	transportation infrastructure.
	(b) The Texas Department of Transportation and the
	Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, in consultation
	with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and the appropriate
	federal agencies, shall jointly conduct a study on:
	(1) the potential benefits of using automated driving
	systems, connected driving systems, and other emerging
	technologies to alleviate motor vehicle traffic congestion at ports
	of entry between this state and the United Mexican States; and
	(2) the overall impact of using automated driving
	systems, connected driving systems, and other emerging
	technologies on the transportation industry workforce, including
	the effects on driver and public safety.
	(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Texas Department of
	Transportation and the Department of Public Safety of the State of
	Texas shall jointly submit to the governor, the lieutenant
	governor, and the legislature a report on the results of the study
	conducted under this section.
	SECTION 2. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1,
	2023.
	SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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