Bill Text: TX HB1188 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport schoolchildren.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1188 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1188-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Phelan, White, Deshotel, Meyer, | H.B. No. 1188 | ||
Anderson of McLennan | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1188: | |||
By: Morrison | C.S.H.B. No. 1188 |
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relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport | ||
schoolchildren. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 547.701(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) In this subsection, "bus" includes a school bus, [ |
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school activity bus, multifunction school activity bus, or | ||
school-chartered bus. A bus operated by or contracted for use by a | ||
school district for the transportation of schoolchildren shall be | ||
equipped with a three-point seat belt for each passenger, including | ||
the operator. This subsection does not apply to: | ||
(1) a bus purchased by a school district that is a | ||
model year 2017 or earlier; or | ||
(2) a bus purchased by a school district that is a | ||
model year 2018 or later if the board of trustees for the school | ||
district: | ||
(A) determines that the district's budget does | ||
not permit the district to purchase a bus that is equipped with the | ||
seat belts required by this subsection; and | ||
(B) votes to approve that determination in a | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 547.701(f), Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. It is the public policy of this state to ensure | ||
the safety of all students by taking every measure possible to | ||
protect the lives and well-being of students during transportation | ||
on a bus to and from school and extracurricular activities, | ||
including the measure enacted in Section 547.701(e), | ||
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |