Bill Text: TX SB693 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport schoolchildren.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB693-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport schoolchildren.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB693 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB693-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia | S.B. No. 693 |
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relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport | ||
schoolchildren. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 547.701(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) In this subsection, "bus" includes a school bus, [ |
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school activity bus, multifunction school activity bus, or | ||
school-chartered bus. A bus operated by or contracted for use by a | ||
school district for the transportation of schoolchildren shall be | ||
equipped with a three-point seat belt for each passenger, including | ||
the operator. This subsection does not apply to a bus purchased by | ||
a school district that is a model year 2017 or earlier [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 547.701(f), Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |