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| 1 | 1 | 83R17173 JRR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Elkins H.B. No. 2691 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2691: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 2691 | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the permissible noise level of a sound emitted from a | |
| 10 | 10 | motor vehicle audible warning device. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 547.501(d), Transportation Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (d) A warning device, including a horn, may not emit: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) a sound that exceeds a decibel level prescribed by | |
| 16 | 16 | department rule; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) an unreasonably [loud or] harsh sound or a | |
| 18 | 18 | whistle. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt the | |
| 20 | 20 | rules to implement Section 547.501(d), Transportation Code, as | |
| 21 | 21 | amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act in amending | |
| 23 | 23 | Section 547.501(d), Transportation Code, apply only to an offense | |
| 24 | 24 | committed on or after the date rules adopted by the department to | |
| 25 | 25 | implement that subsection take effect. An offense committed before | |
| 26 | 26 | the date the rules take effect is governed by the law in effect on | |
| 27 | 27 | the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued | |
| 28 | 28 | in effect for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |