Bill Text: TX HB320 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to equipping certain K-9 law enforcement vehicles with heat alarm systems.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-21 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB320 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB320-Introduced.html
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| By: Alonzo | H.B. No. 320 | |
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| relating to equipping certain K-9 law enforcement vehicles with | ||
| heat alarm systems. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 821, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 821.005 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 821.005. HEAT ALARM SYSTEM IN K-9 LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
| VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "law enforcement agency" means: | ||
| (1) the Department of Public Safety; | ||
| (2) the sheriff's department of a county; or | ||
| (3) the police department of a municipality. | ||
| (b) A law enforcement agency may equip each vehicle used in | ||
| a K-9 law enforcement program with a heat alarm system that is | ||
| activated when the vehicle stops running or the temperature in the | ||
| vehicle's interior becomes dangerous to a police dog in the | ||
| vehicle. The system when activated must: | ||
| (1) activate an audible alarm; | ||
| (2) automatically lower the vehicle's rear windows; | ||
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| (3) page the K-9 law enforcement officer. | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to an open-air vehicle used | ||
| in connection with a K-9 law enforcement program. | ||
| SECTION 2. A vehicle used in a K-9 law enforcement program | ||
| equipped with a heat alarm system on the effective date of this Act | ||
| is not required to meet the standards under Section 821.005, Health | ||
| and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before January 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
