Bill Text: TX HB3990 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the report of right-angle collisions of vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Transportation [HB3990 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3990-Introduced.html
| By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 3990 | |
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| relating to the report of right-angle collisions of vehicles. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 550, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 550.082 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 550.082. Report of Right-Angle Collision; Traffic | ||
| Study. (a) This section applies only to an intersection of | ||
| roadways at least one of which is part of the state highway system | ||
| or of a roadway that is part of the state highway system with an | ||
| alley or driveway and only if the intersection is not controlled by | ||
| a traffic-control signal. | ||
| (b) A law enforcement officer who investigates a | ||
| right-angle collision at an intersection shall file a written | ||
| report stating the occurrence and location of the collision with: | ||
| (1) the Texas Department of Transportation; and | ||
| (2) if the collision occurred in a municipality, the | ||
| municipal police department of the municipality. | ||
| (c) If during any 12-month period a governmental entity | ||
| receives under this section 10 or more reports of right-angle | ||
| collisions that occur at the same intersection, the governmental | ||
| entity shall perform a traffic study of that location and shall take | ||
| the actions that the governmental entity determines reasonable and | ||
| necessary to improve the safety at the location. | ||
| (d) The information collected under this section is | ||
| privileged from discovery, is confidential for purposes of Chapter | ||
| 552, Government Code, and is not admissible in a court on any issue | ||
| of liability. This section does not waive sovereign immunity and | ||
| has no effect on any of the exclusions and exceptions contained in | ||
| Chapter 101, Civil Practices and Remedies Code | ||
| (e) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Right-angle collision" means a motor vehicle | ||
| collision in which the side of one vehicle is struck by the front or | ||
| rear of another vehicle. | ||
| (2) "Roadway" means a street, road, or highway. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
