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| 1 | 1 | 84R1705 AAF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Johnson H.B. No. 2575 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to increasing awareness of the danger of leaving a child in | |
| 8 | 8 | a motor vehicle. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 201.623. UNATTENDED CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES | |
| 13 | 13 | AWARENESS. (a) Using existing resources, the department shall | |
| 14 | 14 | establish a plan to increase public awareness of the danger of | |
| 15 | 15 | leaving a child unattended in a closed motor vehicle during hot or | |
| 16 | 16 | sunny weather through an existing system of dynamic message signs | |
| 17 | 17 | to be activated on days when the outdoor temperature exceeds 85 | |
| 18 | 18 | degrees Fahrenheit. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The department may confer and cooperate with the | |
| 20 | 20 | Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of | |
| 21 | 21 | Public Safety of the State of Texas to establish the plan under | |
| 22 | 22 | Subsection (a). | |
| 23 | 23 | (c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this | |
| 24 | 24 | section. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |