Bill Text: TX HB1720 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle technologies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1720-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the impacts of using certain motor vehicle technologies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1720 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1720-Introduced.html
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By: Blanco | H.B. No. 1720 |
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relating to a study on the benefits of using certain motor vehicle | ||
technologies to alleviate traffic congestion at certain ports of | ||
entry in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. STUDY. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Automated driving system" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 545.451, Transportation Code. | ||
(2) "Connected driving system" means hardware and | ||
software that, when installed on a motor vehicle and engaged, allow | ||
the vehicle to electronically communicate with other vehicles and | ||
transportation infrastructure. | ||
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation and the | ||
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall jointly | ||
conduct a study on the potential benefits of using automated | ||
driving systems and connected driving systems in alleviating motor | ||
vehicle traffic congestion at ports of entry between this state and | ||
the United Mexican States. | ||
(c) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation and the Department of Public Safety of the State of | ||
Texas shall jointly submit to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, and the legislature a report on the results of the study | ||
conducted under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1, | ||
2020. | ||
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |