Bill Text: TX SB1135 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of public transit vehicles equipped with connected braking systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-17 - No action taken in committee [SB1135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1135-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 1135 | |
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| relating to the operation of public transit vehicles equipped with | ||
| connected braking systems. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.0621 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.0621. FOLLOWING DISTANCE FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC | ||
| TRANSIT VEHICLES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Automated motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 545.451. | ||
| (2) "Connected braking system" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 545.062(d). | ||
| (3) "Public transit vehicle" means a bus or other | ||
| vehicle, including an automated motor vehicle, used to provide | ||
| transit services to the public by: | ||
| (A) a political subdivision of this state; or | ||
| (B) a private entity operating under a contract | ||
| with a political subdivision of this state. | ||
| (b) Sections 545.062(b), (c), and (d) do not apply to an | ||
| operator of a public transit vehicle that is following one or more | ||
| other public transit vehicles if: | ||
| (1) the vehicles are equipped with a connected braking | ||
| system; and | ||
| (2) the speed of each vehicle is automatically | ||
| coordinated through the connected braking system. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter J, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.457 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.457. FOLLOWING DISTANCE FOR CERTAIN AUTOMATED | ||
| MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Connected braking system" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 545.062(d). | ||
| (2) "Public transit vehicle" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 545.0621. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to an automated motor vehicle | ||
| that is a public transit vehicle. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Section 545.062, an automated motor | ||
| vehicle equipped with a connected braking system that is following | ||
| another automated motor vehicle equipped with that system may be | ||
| assisted by the system to maintain any desired distance between the | ||
| vehicles. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
