Bill Text: TX SB1530 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 1530 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-08 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [SB1530 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1530-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Burton	S.B. No. 1530

	(Springer)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 545.404, Transportation Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 545.404. UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) Except as
	provided by Subsection (b), an [An] operator may not leave a [~~the~~]
	vehicle unattended on a public highway or street without:
	(1) stopping the engine;
	(2) locking the ignition;
	(3) removing the key from the ignition;
	(4) setting the parking brake effectively; and
	(5) if standing on a grade, turning the front wheels to
	the curb or side of the highway.
	(b) The requirements of Subsections (a)(1), (2), and (3) do
	not apply to an operator who starts the engine of a vehicle by using
	a remote starter or other similar device that:
	(1) remotely starts the vehicle's engine without
	placing the key in the ignition; and
	(2) requires the key to be placed in the ignition or
	physically present in the vehicle before the vehicle can be
	operated.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.