Bill Text: TX HB648 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school bus using images from a school bus monitoring system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB648 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB648-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 648 | |
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| relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school | ||
| bus using images from a school bus monitoring system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 542.207 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 542.207. USE OF SCHOOL BUS MONITORING SYSTEM IMAGES | ||
| FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) In this section, "school | ||
| bus monitoring system" means a camera installed on a school bus for | ||
| the purpose of detecting violations described by Section 545.066. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Sections 707.020 and 707.021, a local | ||
| authority or a school district may issue a civil or criminal charge | ||
| or citation, as applicable, for a violation described by Section | ||
| 545.066 based on a recorded image produced by a school bus | ||
| monitoring system. The recorded image may be used as evidence in a | ||
| proceeding for the violation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
