Bill Text: TX HB3931 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of and local regulation of certain for-hire passenger transportation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Transportation [HB3931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3931-Introduced.html
85R2768 JTS-D | ||
By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 3931 |
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relating to the provision of and local regulation of certain | ||
for-hire passenger transportation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 62.063(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person subject to registration under this chapter | ||
because of a reportable conviction or adjudication for which an | ||
affirmative finding is entered under Article 42.015(b) or | ||
42A.105(a), as appropriate, may not, for compensation: | ||
(1) operate or offer to operate a bus; | ||
(2) provide or offer to provide passenger | ||
transportation through: | ||
(A) a street-hail [ |
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(B) a prearranged [ |
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transportation service; or | ||
(C) a prearranged ride through an online-enabled | ||
application, software, website, or system designed to connect | ||
passengers with drivers; | ||
(3) provide or offer to provide any type of service in | ||
the residence of another person unless the provision of service | ||
will be supervised; or | ||
(4) operate or offer to operate any amusement ride. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 215.004, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 215.004. REGULATION OF TAXICABS, [ |
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TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES, AND OTHER FOR-HIRE | ||
TRANSPORTATION PROHIBITED. A [ |
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otherwise regulate a person who, for compensation: | ||
(1) provides passenger transportation using a vehicle | ||
designed to accommodate 15 or fewer passengers, including a person | ||
who provides: | ||
(A) street-hail taxicab services; | ||
(B) prearranged limousine or other car | ||
transportation services; or | ||
(C) prearranged rides through an online-enabled | ||
application, software, website, or system designed to connect | ||
passengers with drivers; or | ||
(2) operates an online-enabled application, software, | ||
website, or system designed to connect passengers with drivers. [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 215.073, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 215.073. VEHICLES [ |
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Section 215.004, a [ |
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or fares made by, or otherwise regulate any person who owns, | ||
operates, or controls any type of vehicle used on the public streets | ||
or alleys of the municipality for carrying passengers or freight | ||
for compensation. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 22.082, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.082. RULES. A resolution, rule, or order of a joint | ||
board dealing with a subject authorized by Section 22.014 [ |
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of the constituent agencies. On approval, a resolution, rule, or | ||
order of the joint board has the same effect in the territories or | ||
jurisdictions involved as an ordinance, resolution, rule, or order | ||
of the public agency would have in its own territory or | ||
jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 22.081, Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. (a) The change in law made by this Act in | ||
amending Article 62.063, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only | ||
to a person who is required to register under Chapter 62, Code of | ||
Criminal Procedure, on the basis of a conviction or adjudication | ||
for an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(b) A person who is required to register under Chapter 62, | ||
Code of Criminal Procedure, solely on the basis of a conviction or | ||
adjudication that occurs before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect when the conviction or adjudication | ||
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |