Bill Text: TX HB2932 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of autonomous motor vehicles.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Transportation [HB2932 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2932-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 2932 | |
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| relating to the operation of autonomous motor vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 541.001(1), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Operator" means, as used in reference to a | ||
| vehicle, a person who drives or has physical control of a vehicle, | ||
| except as provided by Section 545.428(b). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.428 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.428. AUTONOMOUS MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Autonomous motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle | ||
| that uses autonomous technology to operate itself without the | ||
| active control or continuous monitoring of a person. | ||
| (2) "Autonomous technology" means technology | ||
| installed on a motor vehicle enabling the vehicle to operate | ||
| without the active control or continuous monitoring of a person. | ||
| The term does not include, except to the extent that such a system | ||
| may be a component of autonomous technology, individual safety | ||
| systems or driver assistance systems that enhance safety or provide | ||
| driver assistance, but are not individually capable of operating a | ||
| motor vehicle without the active control or continuous monitoring | ||
| of a person, such as systems designed to provide: | ||
| (A) collision avoidance; | ||
| (B) electronic blind spot assistance; | ||
| (C) crash avoidance; | ||
| (D) automated emergency braking; | ||
| (E) parking assistance; | ||
| (F) adaptive cruise control; | ||
| (G) lane keep assistance; | ||
| (H) lane departure warning; or | ||
| (I) traffic jam and queuing assistance. | ||
| (b) The operator of an autonomous motor vehicle operating | ||
| with the use of autonomous technology is the person who causes the | ||
| vehicle's autonomous technology to engage, regardless of whether | ||
| the person is physically in the autonomous motor vehicle while the | ||
| vehicle is operating. | ||
| (c) A person who operates an autonomous motor vehicle under | ||
| Subsection (b) must possess a valid driver's license. | ||
| (d) The department shall adopt rules authorizing the | ||
| operation of autonomous motor vehicles on roadways and public | ||
| highways in this state, including rules: | ||
| (1) establishing minimum requirements that an | ||
| autonomous motor vehicle must meet before the vehicle may be | ||
| operated on a roadway or public highway in this state; | ||
| (2) establishing insurance requirements for: | ||
| (A) autonomous motor vehicle operators in this | ||
| state; and | ||
| (B) manufacturers of autonomous motor vehicles | ||
| that may test their vehicles in this state; | ||
| (3) governing the safe operation of autonomous motor | ||
| vehicles on roadways and public highways in this state; | ||
| (4) governing the testing of autonomous motor vehicles | ||
| in this state; and | ||
| (5) restricting the testing of autonomous motor | ||
| vehicles to certain geographic regions of this state. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
