Bill Text: TX HB119 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to liability for and reporting of accidents involving certain motor vehicles.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-12 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB119-Introduced.html
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| By: Minjarez | H.B. No. 119 | |
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| relating to liability for and reporting of accidents involving | ||
| certain motor vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.457 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.457. LIABILITY OF MANUFACTURER OF MODIFIED | ||
| AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) The manufacturer of an automated | ||
| motor vehicle is not liable for damage that arises from an accident | ||
| involving the vehicle if a person other than the manufacturer | ||
| modified or attempted to modify the vehicle without the | ||
| manufacturer's consent and: | ||
| (1) the modification or attempted modification of the | ||
| vehicle was the direct cause of the accident; or | ||
| (2) the modification or attempted modification of the | ||
| vehicle interfered with the normal operation of the vehicle. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the damage that arises | ||
| from an accident involving an automated motor vehicle is caused by a | ||
| defect that was present at the time of the vehicle's manufacture or | ||
| first sale. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 550.064(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) An accident report form prepared by the department must: | ||
| (1) require sufficiently detailed information to | ||
| disclose the cause and conditions of and the persons and vehicles | ||
| involved in an accident if the form is for the report to be made by a | ||
| person investigating the accident; | ||
| (2) include a way to designate and identify a peace | ||
| officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services employee who is | ||
| involved in an accident while driving a law enforcement vehicle, | ||
| fire department vehicle, or emergency medical services vehicle | ||
| while performing the person's duties; | ||
| (3) require a statement by a person described by | ||
| Subdivision (2) as to the nature of the accident; [ |
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| (4) include a way to designate whether an individual | ||
| involved in an accident wants to be contacted by a person seeking to | ||
| obtain employment as a professional described by Section 38.01(12), | ||
| Penal Code; | ||
| (5) include a way to indicate whether: | ||
| (A) an automated motor vehicle as defined by | ||
| Section 545.451 was at fault or otherwise involved in the accident; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the owner of an automated motor vehicle | ||
| involved in the accident was contacted; and | ||
| (6) include a way to indicate whether an oversize or | ||
| overweight vehicle described by Subtitle E was at fault or | ||
| otherwise involved in the accident. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 545.457, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
