Bill Text: TX HB512 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of a wireless communication device is prohibited.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - Referred to Transportation [HB512 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB512-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 512 |
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relating to the placement of warning signs in areas where the use of | ||
a wireless communication device is prohibited. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 545.425(b-1), (b-2), (b-4), and (d-1), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), a local | ||
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that enforces this section in a school crossing zone in the local | ||
authority's jurisdiction shall post a sign that complies with the | ||
standards described by this subsection at each [ |
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Transportation [ |
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(1) allow for a sign required to be posted under this | ||
subsection to be attached to an existing sign at a minimal cost; and | ||
(2) require that a sign required to be posted under | ||
this subsection inform an operator that: | ||
(A) the use of a wireless communication device is | ||
prohibited in the school crossing zone; and | ||
(B) the operator is subject to a fine if the | ||
operator uses a wireless communication device in the school | ||
crossing zone. | ||
(b-2) A local authority [ |
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of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle | ||
throughout the jurisdiction of the local authority [ |
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Subsection (b-1) if the local authority [ |
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(1) posts signs that are located at each point at which | ||
a state highway, U.S. highway, or interstate highway enters the | ||
jurisdiction of the local authority [ |
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that state: | ||
(A) that an operator is prohibited from using a | ||
wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle in | ||
the jurisdiction of the local authority [ |
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and | ||
(B) that the operator is subject to a fine if the | ||
operator uses a wireless communication device while operating a | ||
motor vehicle in the jurisdiction of the local authority [ |
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(2) subject to all applicable United States Department | ||
of Transportation Federal Highway Administration rules, posts a | ||
message that complies with Subdivision (1) on any dynamic message | ||
sign operated by the local authority [ |
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located on a state highway, U.S. highway, or interstate highway in | ||
the jurisdiction of the local authority [ |
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(b-4) The local authority [ |
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the costs associated with the posting of signs under Subsection | ||
(b-2). | ||
(d-1) The affirmative defense available in Subsection | ||
(d)(2) is not available for an offense under Subsection (b) | ||
committed in a school crossing zone located in the jurisdiction of a | ||
local authority [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |