82R6493 JE-D
By: Menendez H.B. No. 1225
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for private passenger vehicle rental
companies regarding child safety seats; providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 91.001, Business & Commerce Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows:
(1-a) "Child passenger safety seat system" means an
infant or child passenger restraint system that meets the federal
standards for crash-tested restraint systems as set by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
SECTION 2. Chapter 91, Business & Commerce Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter B-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B-1. CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEMS
Sec. 91.071. POSTED NOTICE REQUIRED. A rental company
shall post in a conspicuous location at each place of business of
the company a notice not smaller than 15 by 20 inches that states
the following:
NOTICE: IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW
(SECTION 545.412, TRANSPORTATION CODE) TO
OPERATE A PASSENGER VEHICLE AND TRANSPORT A
CHILD WHO IS YOUNGER THAN 8 YEARS OF AGE
WITHOUT SECURING THE CHILD IN A CHILD
PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM UNLESS THE
CHILD IS TALLER THAN 4 FEET, 9 INCHES. THIS
COMPANY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CHILD
PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEMS FOR RENTAL.
Sec. 91.072. RENTAL OF CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEMS.
(a) A rental company shall have available for and, on request,
provide for rental to renters traveling with children younger than
eight years of age child passenger safety seat systems appropriate
for children who are four feet, nine inches, or shorter.
(b) A child passenger safety seat system offered for rent by
a rental company must:
(1) be in good and safe condition;
(2) not have missing original parts; and
(3) be not more than five years old.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.