Bill Text: TX HB2575 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2575 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to increasing awareness of the danger of leaving a child in a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-07 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB2575 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2575-Introduced.html

	84R1705 AAF-D

	By: Johnson	H.B. No. 2575



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to increasing awareness of the danger of leaving a child in
	a motor vehicle.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 201.623 to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.623. UNATTENDED CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES
	AWARENESS. (a) Using existing resources, the department shall
	establish a plan to increase public awareness of the danger of
	leaving a child unattended in a closed motor vehicle during hot or
	sunny weather through an existing system of dynamic message signs
	to be activated on days when the outdoor temperature exceeds 85
	degrees Fahrenheit.
	(b) The department may confer and cooperate with the
	Department of Family and Protective Services and the Department of
	Public Safety of the State of Texas to establish the plan under
	Subsection (a).
	(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this
	section.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.