Bill Text: TX HB2774 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2774 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the installation of unsafe motor vehicle tires; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2774 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2774-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 2774




	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.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2774 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 25, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 2774 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 18,
	2 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 2774 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
	6.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor