Bill Text: TX SB1123 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used by child-care facilities to transport children.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SB1123 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1123-Introduced.html
  83R9870 MCK-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 1123
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used
  by child-care facilities to transport children.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
  is amended by adding Section 42.0424 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.0424.  CHILD SAFETY ALARMS IN VEHICLES. (a) In this
  section, "electronic child safety alarm" means an alarm system that
  prompts the driver of a vehicle to inspect the vehicle to determine
  whether children are in the vehicle before the driver exits the
  vehicle.
         (b)  A licensed day-care center shall equip each vehicle
  owned or leased by the facility with an electronic child safety
  alarm if the vehicle is:
               (1)  designed to seat six or more persons; and
               (2)  used to transport children under the care of the
  facility.
         (c)  The licensed day-care center shall ensure that the
  electronic child safety alarm is properly maintained and used when
  transporting children.
         (d)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to
  implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.0424, Human Resources Code, as added
  by this Act, applies to a vehicle purchased or leased before, on, or
  after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect March 1, 2014.
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