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| 1 | 2 | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1830 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read | |
| 3 | - | first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; | |
| 4 | - | April 20, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | |
| 5 | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 20, 2017, | |
| 6 | - | sent to printer.) | |
| 7 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 8 | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1830 By: RodrÃguez | |
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| 11 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 12 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 13 | 7 | relating to the use of connected braking systems to maintain | |
| 14 | 8 | distance between vehicles. | |
| 15 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 16 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 545.062, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 17 | 11 | by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 18 | 12 | (d) An operator of a vehicle equipped with a connected | |
| 19 | 13 | braking system that is following another vehicle equipped with that | |
| 20 | 14 | system may be assisted by the system to maintain an assured clear | |
| 21 | 15 | distance or sufficient space as required by this section. In this | |
| 22 | 16 | subsection, "connected braking system" means a system by which the | |
| 23 | 17 | braking of one vehicle is electronically coordinated with the | |
| 24 | 18 | braking system of a following vehicle. | |
| 25 | - | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | - | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | - | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | - | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | - | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | |
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| 19 | + | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |