By: Kacal, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2810
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exempting certain trailers from being equipped with
emergency brakes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.405(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) A trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer that is equipped
with air or vacuum brakes or that has a gross weight heavier than
4,500 [3,000] pounds shall be equipped with brakes that:
(1) operate on all wheels required to have brakes
under Section 547.402; and
(2) are promptly applied automatically and remain
applied for at least 15 minutes in case of a breakaway from the
towing vehicle.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act 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. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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