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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
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 | ||
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Governor |