Bill Text: TX SB2024 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the registration, ownership, and operation of certain motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Transportation [SB2024 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2024-Introduced.html
  88R14365 JRR-D
 
  By: Middleton S.B. No. 2024
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration, ownership, and operation of certain
  motor vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.143, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 502.143.  OTHER VEHICLES. (a) An owner may not register
  the following vehicles for operation on a public highway:
               (1)  power sweepers;
               (2)  motorized mobility devices;
               (3)  electric personal assistive mobility devices;
  [and]
               (4)  electric bicycles, as defined by Section 664.001;
  and
               (5)  motor vehicles that are equipped with remote
  vehicle disabling technology.
         (b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(5),  "remote vehicle
  disabling technology" means any application or device, including
  software, firmware, and hardware, that, when activated or engaged,
  allows a person to disable the operation of a motor vehicle. The
  term does not include an ignition interlock device as defined by
  Article 42A.408, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter E, Chapter 542, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 542.502 to read as follows:
         Sec. 542.502.  MOTOR VEHICLE POWERED BY INTERNAL COMBUSTION
  ENGINE; OPERATION OF VEHICLE USING HUMAN DECISION-MAKING. A person
  may not be prohibited from owning a motor vehicle that is powered by
  an internal combustion engine or from operating that vehicle using
  human decision-making, regardless of any other law or regulation
  requiring a motor vehicle to be equipped with or operated using an
  automated driving system, as defined by Section 545.451.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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