Bill Text: TX SB511 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the installation of unsafe motor vehicle tires; providing a civil penalty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-05-27 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB511 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB511-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 511 | ||
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| relating to the installation of unsafe motor vehicle tires; | ||
| providing a civil penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 547.001, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subdivision (9-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (9-a) "Unsafe tire" means a tire that: | ||
| (A) has tire tread less than one-sixteenth of an | ||
| inch deep; | ||
| (B) has a localized worn spot that exposes the | ||
| ply or cord through the tread; | ||
| (C) has a tread or sidewall crack, cut, or snag as | ||
| measured on the outside of the tire that is more than an inch long | ||
| and deep enough to expose the body cords; | ||
| (D) has any visible bump, bulge, or knot | ||
| apparently related to tread or sidewall separation or partial | ||
| failure of the tire structure, including the bead area; | ||
| (E) has been repaired temporarily by the use of a | ||
| blowout patch or boot; | ||
| (F) has worn tread wear indicators that contact | ||
| the road in any two adjacent major grooves in the center or middle | ||
| of the tire; or | ||
| (G) does not otherwise meet applicable | ||
| department safety standards for the tire adopted under Section | ||
| 547.101. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 547.612, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a | ||
| person who owns or operates a business that installs tires on motor | ||
| vehicles or an employee of the person may not knowingly install an | ||
| unsafe tire on a motor vehicle to be used on a public street or | ||
| highway. A person who violates this subsection is liable to this | ||
| state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500. This | ||
| subsection does not apply to the reinstallation of a tire on a motor | ||
| vehicle that had been removed from the motor vehicle. Section | ||
| 542.301 does not apply to a violation of this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 511 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 8. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 511 passed the House on | ||
| May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 79, Nays 64, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
