88R9468 BEE-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 916
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicle monitoring technology installed on certain
motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter N, Chapter 2301, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 2301.655 to read as follows:
Sec. 2301.655. VEHICLE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Light truck" and "passenger car" have the
meanings assigned by Section 541.201, Transportation Code.
(2) "Vehicle monitoring technology" means any
application or device, including software, firmware, or hardware,
that, when activated or engaged, monitors the operator or operation
of a motor vehicle on which it is installed.
(b) The board may take an action described by Section
2301.651 against a license holder under this chapter who:
(1) manufactures, distributes, or possesses with
intent to distribute vehicle monitoring technology that is:
(A) installed or intended to be installed on a
light truck or passenger car; and
(B) not capable of being deactivated or
disengaged by the vehicle's operator;
(2) installs on a light truck or passenger car vehicle
monitoring technology that is not capable of being deactivated or
disengaged by the vehicle's operator; or
(3) sells a light truck or passenger car on which has
been installed vehicle monitoring technology that is not capable of
being deactivated or disengaged by the vehicle's operator.
SECTION 2. Section 2301.655, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to disciplinary action under Section
2301.651, Occupations Code, against a license holder for conduct
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.