Bill Text: TX HB2633 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB2633 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2633-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective immediately [HB2633 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2633-Introduced.html
By: Hernandez | H.B. No. 2633 |
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relating to the release of information regarding motor vehicle | ||
accidents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 550.065(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) | ||
On written request and payment of any required fee, the | ||
department or the governmental entity shall release the information | ||
to: | ||
(1) an entity described by Subsection (b); | ||
(2) the law enforcement agency that employs the peace | ||
officer who investigated the accident and sent the information to | ||
the department; | ||
(3) the court in which a case involving a person | ||
involved in the accident is pending if the report is subpoenaed; or | ||
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(A) the driver or drivers involved in the traffic | ||
accident; | ||
(B) the employer, parent, or legal guardian of | ||
the driver or drivers involved in the traffic accident; | ||
(C) the authorized representative of any person | ||
involved in the traffic accident; | ||
(D) any person involved in the traffic accident; | ||
and | ||
(E) the owners of the vehicles or property | ||
damaged in the traffic accident. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 550.065, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding a new subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) For purposes of subsection (c)(4), any person who may | ||
sue because of death resulting from any such traffic accident shall | ||
be deemed a person directly concerned in the traffic accident. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding a new Section 552.0040 to read as follows: | ||
SECTION 552.0040. POLICE DISPATCH REPORTS RELATED TO MOTOR | ||
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), | ||
information contained in police dispatch reports concerning motor | ||
vehicle accidents is confidential and not considered public | ||
information. | ||
(b) Information contained in a police dispatch report | ||
concerning a motor vehicle accident is public information for the | ||
following persons: | ||
(1) the Department of Public Safety; | ||
(2) an agency of the United States, this state, or a | ||
local government of this state that has use for the information for | ||
motor vehicle accident prevention purposes; | ||
(3) the law enforcement agency that employs the peace | ||
officer who investigated the motor vehicle accident and sent the | ||
motor vehicle accident report required by Chapter 550, | ||
Transportation Code, to the Department of Public Safety; | ||
(4) the court in which a case involving a person | ||
involved in the motor vehicle accident is pending if the report is | ||
subpoenaed; and | ||
(5) any person directly concerned in the motor vehicle | ||
traffic accident or having a proper interest therein, including: | ||
(A) the driver or drivers involved in the traffic | ||
accident; | ||
(B) the employer, parent, or legal guardian of | ||
the driver or drivers involved in the traffic accident; | ||
(C) the authorized representative of any person | ||
involved in the traffic accident; | ||
(D) any person involved in the traffic accident; | ||
(E) the owners of the vehicles or property | ||
damaged in the traffic accident; and | ||
(F) any person who may sue because of death | ||
resulting from the motor vehicle traffic accident. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |