H.B. No. 1199
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of certain information regarding trailers
in vehicle accident reports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 201.806(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall:
(1) tabulate and analyze the vehicle accident reports
it receives; and
(2) annually or more frequently publish on the
department's Internet website statistical information derived from
the accident reports as to the number, cause, and location of
highway accidents, including information regarding the number of:
(A) accidents involving injury to, death of, or
property damage to a bicyclist or pedestrian; [and]
(B) fatalities caused by a bridge collapse, as
defined by Section 550.081; and
(C) accidents involving a trailer, including the
number of fatalities in those accidents.
SECTION 2. Section 550.064(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An accident report form prepared by the department must:
(1) require sufficiently detailed information to
disclose the cause and conditions of and the persons and vehicles
involved in an accident if the form is for the report to be made by a
person investigating the accident;
(2) include a way to designate and identify a peace
officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services employee who is
involved in an accident while driving a law enforcement vehicle,
fire department vehicle, or emergency medical services vehicle
while performing the person's duties;
(3) require a statement by a person described by
Subdivision (2) as to the nature of the accident; [and]
(4) include a way to designate whether an individual
involved in an accident wants to be contacted by a person seeking to
obtain employment as a professional described by Section 38.01(12),
Penal Code; and
(5) include a way to indicate whether a trailer was
involved in the accident and, if so, whether the accident resulted
in any fatalities.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1199 was passed by the House on May 2,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 11, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1199 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor