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. |