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