Bill Text: TX HB101 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 101 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a hotline to report suspected incidents of impaired driving or dangerous driving.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB101 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB101-Introduced.html



	By: Martinez Fischer	H.B. No. 101



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the creation of a hotline to report suspected incidents
	of impaired driving or dangerous driving.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.053 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.053. IMPAIRED OR DANGEROUS DRIVING HOTLINE. (a)
	The department shall develop and operate a 24-hour-a-day hotline
	for persons to report incidents of suspected driving while
	intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol, controlled
	substances, or drugs and dangerous driving to the department.
	(b) The hotline must enable a person to report an incident
	described by Subsection (a) to the department by:
	(1) calling a toll-free telephone number;
	(2) using an Internet website; or
	(3) using other means of electronic communication,
	including:
	(A) e-mail message transmission; or
	(B) text messaging.
	(c) The department, as soon as practicable, shall forward a
	report received on the hotline to the municipal police department
	or sheriff's office with jurisdiction over the matter.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.