| 1 | 1 | | By: Shapiro S.B. No. 1376 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2011; March 22, 2011, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland |
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| 4 | 4 | | Security; April 18, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 18, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to prohibiting the sale and use of certain radar |
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| 11 | 11 | | interference devices; creating an offense. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 547, Transportation Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended by adding Section 547.616 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 547.616. RADAR INTERFERENCE DEVICES; OFFENSE. (a) In |
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| 16 | 16 | | this section, "radar interference device" means a device, a |
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| 17 | 17 | | mechanism, an instrument, or equipment that is designed, |
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| 18 | 18 | | manufactured, used, or intended to be used to interfere with, |
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| 19 | 19 | | scramble, disrupt, or otherwise cause to malfunction a radar or |
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| 20 | 20 | | laser device used to measure the speed of a motor vehicle by a law |
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| 21 | 21 | | enforcement agency of this state or a political subdivision of this |
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| 22 | 22 | | state, including a "radar jamming device," "jammer," "scrambler," |
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| 23 | 23 | | or "diffuser." The term does not include a ham radio, band radio, |
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| 24 | 24 | | or similar electronic device. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) A person, other than a law enforcement officer in the |
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| 26 | 26 | | discharge of the officer's official duties, may not use, attempt to |
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| 27 | 27 | | use, install, operate, or attempt to operate a radar interference |
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| 28 | 28 | | device in a motor vehicle operated by the person. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) A person may not purchase, sell, or offer for sale a |
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| 30 | 30 | | radar interference device to be used in a manner described by |
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| 31 | 31 | | Subsection (b). |
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| 32 | 32 | | (d) A person who violates this section commits an |
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| 33 | 33 | | offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class C |
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| 34 | 34 | | misdemeanor. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 36 | 36 | | * * * * * |
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