By: Phelan (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez)	H.B. No. 2774
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
	May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation; May 18, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1;
	May 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2774	By:  Rodríguez

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the installation of unsafe motor vehicle tires;
	creating a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 727, Transportation Code, is amended by
	adding Section 727.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 727.005.  INSTALLATION OF UNSAFE TIRES; OFFENSE.  (a)  A
	person commits an offense if:
	(1)  the person owns or operates a business that
	installs tires on motor vehicles;
	(2)  the person or an employee of the person installs a
	tire on a motor vehicle to be used on a public street or highway;
	(3)  the tire is or will be subject to inspection under
	Section 548.051; and
	(4)  the person knows that the tire:
	(A)  has tire tread less than one-sixteenth of an
	inch deep;
	(B)  has a localized worn spot that exposes the
	ply or cord through the tread;
	(C)  has a tread or sidewall crack, cut, or snag as
	measured on the outside of the tire that is more than one inch long
	and deep enough to expose the body cords;
	(D)  has any visible bump, bulge, or knot
	apparently related to tread or sidewall separation or partial
	failure of the tire structure, including bead area;
	(E)  has been regrooved or recut below the
	original groove depth, except for a special regroovable tire that
	has extra undertread rubber for that purpose and is identified as a
	regroovable tire;
	(F)  has been repaired temporarily by the use of a
	blowout patch or boot;
	(G)  has worn tread wear indicators that contact
	the road in any two adjacent major grooves in the center or middle
	of the tire; or
	(H)  does not otherwise meet applicable
	Department of Public Safety safety standards for the tire adopted
	under Section 547.101.
	(b)  This section does not apply to the reinstallation of a
	tire on a motor vehicle that had been removed from the motor
	vehicle.
	(c)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
	punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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