85R1040 JXC-D
By: Phelan H.B. No. 1188
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport
schoolchildren.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.701(e), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) In this subsection, "bus" includes a school bus, [and a]
school activity bus, multifunction school activity bus, or
school-chartered bus. A bus operated by or contracted for use by a
school district for the transportation of schoolchildren shall be
equipped with a three-point seat belt for each passenger, including
the operator. This subsection does not apply to a [applies to:
[(1) each] bus purchased before September 1, 2017, by
a school district [on or after September 1, 2010,] for the
transportation of schoolchildren[; and
[(2) each school-chartered bus contracted for use by a
school district on or after September 1, 2011, for the
transportation of schoolchildren].
SECTION 2. Section 547.701(f), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.