Bill Text: TX SB796 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the use of technology and other methods to report, track, and prevent traffic violations and accidents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-05 - Referred to Transportation [SB796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB796-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 796 | |
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| relating to a study on the use of technology and other methods to | ||
| report, track, and prevent traffic violations and accidents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The Texas Department of Transportation and the | ||
| Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas jointly shall | ||
| conduct a study to review the use of technology and other methods to | ||
| report, track, and prevent traffic violations and accidents, | ||
| including global positioning systems and speed limit signs, used by | ||
| other states and countries. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 15, 2015, the departments | ||
| shall submit a report on the results of the study to the governor, | ||
| the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and the presiding officer of each standing | ||
| committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over transportation | ||
| matters. The report must contain recommendations assessing the | ||
| feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and public benefit of | ||
| implementing the technologies and methods described by Section 1 of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act expires August 31, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2013. | ||
