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