Bill Text: TX HB42 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB42 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB42-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 42 | ||
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| relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that | ||
| strikes a structure adjacent to a highway. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 550.025, Transportation | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 550.025. DUTY ON STRIKING STRUCTURE, FIXTURE, OR | ||
| HIGHWAY LANDSCAPING. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 550.025(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The operator of a vehicle involved in an accident | ||
| resulting only in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway or a | ||
| fixture or landscaping legally on or adjacent to a highway shall: | ||
| (1) take reasonable steps to locate and notify the | ||
| owner or person in charge of the property of the accident and of the | ||
| operator's name and address and the registration number of the | ||
| vehicle the operator was driving; | ||
| (2) if requested and available, show the operator's | ||
| driver's license to the owner or person in charge of the property; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) report the accident if required by Section | ||
| 550.061. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| in connection with a motor vehicle accident that occurs on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A motor vehicle accident that | ||
| occurred before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect on the date the accident occurred, and the former law | ||
| is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 42 was passed by the House on April 7, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 42 was passed by the Senate on May 25, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
