Bill Text: TX HB113 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the vehicle description on an application for the registration of an automated motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Received from the House [HB113 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB113-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the vehicle description on an application for the registration of an automated motor vehicle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Received from the House [HB113 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB113-Introduced.html
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By: Minjarez | H.B. No. 113 |
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relating to the registration, operation, and inspection of | ||
automated motor vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 502.0431 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.0431. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF AUTOMATED | ||
MOTOR VEHICLE. An applicant for registration of an automated motor | ||
vehicle, as defined by Section 545.451, must indicate in the | ||
vehicle description required under Section 502.043(a) that the | ||
vehicle is an automated motor vehicle. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 545.454(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An automated motor vehicle may not operate on a highway | ||
in this state with the automated driving system engaged unless the | ||
vehicle is: | ||
(1) capable of operating in compliance with applicable | ||
traffic and motor vehicle laws of this state, subject to this | ||
subchapter; | ||
(2) equipped with a recording device, as defined by | ||
Section 547.615(a), installed by the manufacturer of the automated | ||
motor vehicle or automated driving system; | ||
(3) equipped with an automated driving system in | ||
compliance with applicable federal law and federal motor vehicle | ||
safety standards; | ||
(4) equipped with the most recent software updates | ||
released by the manufacturer of the automated motor vehicle and | ||
automated driving system; | ||
(5) equipped with a failure alert system that alerts | ||
the owner of the vehicle to a failure of the automated driving | ||
system; | ||
(6) registered and titled in accordance with the laws | ||
of this state; and | ||
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or self-insurance in an amount equal to the amount of coverage that | ||
is required under the laws of this state. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 548.051(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or | ||
mobile home, registered in this state, must have the following | ||
items inspected at an inspection station or by an inspector: | ||
(1) tires; | ||
(2) wheel assembly; | ||
(3) safety guards or flaps, if required by Section | ||
547.606; | ||
(4) brake system, including power brake unit; | ||
(5) steering system, including power steering; | ||
(6) lighting equipment; | ||
(7) horns and warning devices; | ||
(8) mirrors; | ||
(9) windshield wipers; | ||
(10) sunscreening devices, unless the vehicle is | ||
exempt from sunscreen device restrictions under Section 547.613; | ||
(11) front seat belts in vehicles on which seat belt | ||
anchorages were part of the manufacturer's original equipment; | ||
(12) exhaust system; | ||
(13) exhaust emission system; | ||
(14) fuel tank cap, using pressurized testing | ||
equipment approved by department rule; [ |
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(15) emissions control equipment as designated by | ||
department rule; and | ||
(16) if the vehicle is an automated motor vehicle as | ||
defined by Section 545.451: | ||
(A) automated driving system; and | ||
(B) failure alert system as required by Section | ||
545.454(b)(5). | ||
SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules | ||
governing the inspection of automated driving systems and failure | ||
alert systems, as required by Section 548.051(a)(16), | ||
Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
548.051(a), Transportation Code, apply only to a vehicle inspected | ||
on or after September 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |