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| 1 | 1 | 89R15024 JRR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2017 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a | |
| 10 | 10 | vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle | |
| 11 | 11 | to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | |
| 14 | 14 | is amended by adding Section 545.4015 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 545.4015. OPERATION OF VEHICLE UNDER CERTAIN | |
| 16 | 16 | CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSING TIRE TO SPIN, LOSE TRACTION, OR LEAVE SURFACE | |
| 17 | 17 | OF ROADWAY; OFFENSE. (a) An operator of a stationary vehicle may | |
| 18 | 18 | not break traction to spin a tire of the vehicle by pressing the | |
| 19 | 19 | accelerator and increasing the engine speed. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) An operator of a vehicle may not intentionally or | |
| 21 | 21 | knowingly accelerate the vehicle in a manner that causes any tire of | |
| 22 | 22 | the vehicle to: | |
| 23 | 23 | (1) lose traction; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) leave the surface of the highway. | |
| 25 | 25 | (c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. | |
| 26 | 26 | An offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |