| 1 | 1 | | 88R4135 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 648 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school |
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| 8 | 8 | | bus using images from a school bus monitoring system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 542.207 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 542.207. USE OF SCHOOL BUS MONITORING SYSTEM IMAGES |
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| 13 | 13 | | FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) In this section, "school |
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| 14 | 14 | | bus monitoring system" means a camera installed on a school bus for |
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| 15 | 15 | | the purpose of detecting violations described by Section 545.066. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Notwithstanding Sections 707.020 and 707.021, a local |
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| 17 | 17 | | authority or a school district may issue a civil or criminal charge |
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| 18 | 18 | | or citation, as applicable, for a violation described by Section |
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| 19 | 19 | | 545.066 based on a recorded image produced by a school bus |
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| 20 | 20 | | monitoring system. The recorded image may be used as evidence in a |
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| 21 | 21 | | proceeding for the violation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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