HB 42
| Menendez Van de Putte | Relating to the duty imposed on the operator of a motor vehicle that strikes a structure adjacent to a highway. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 90
| Cook Birdwell | Relating to the minimum age and education requirements necessary to obtain a hardship license. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 109
| Brown, Fred Ogden | Relating to the temporary lowering of prima facie speed limits at a vehicular accident reconstruction site. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 343
| Fletcher Huffman | Relating to the reporting and recording of a motor vehicle accident involving an official vehicle driven by a peace officer, firefighter, or an emergency medical services employee in the course of official duties. |
| General Remarks: | Current law provides that the drivers license record of a peace officer may not include a traffic accident involving the officer “during an emergency”. This language was problematic because “emergency” was not defined in the law. Accidents involving minor damage and no injuries are generally not reported. However, many law enforcement agencies require any accident involving an officer to be investigated and that a report be filed. These minor accidents have be showing up on the officers drivers license records when the same accident for any citizen would not have. This has caused many officers insurance rates to increase when they should not have. CLEAT sought legislation to fix this. Rep. Allen Fletcher, a retired Houston police officer filed HB 343. The bill passed and was signed by the governor. The new law provides and exemption for officers involved in a traffic accident. The law will provide that an on-duty accident may not be included on an officer’s drivers record if the accident resulted in damages to property less than $1,000, even if the officer was at fault. Also, the law would provide that an on-duty accident in which the officer is not at fault may not be included on the officers’ drivers record regardless of injury or damages. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 378
| Guillen Williams | Relating to stationary tow trucks on a highway. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 441
| Guillen Williams | Relating to the fees for certain commercial vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 787
| Kuempel Wentworth | Relating to abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, discarded, and inoperable aircraft and watercraft. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 885
| Rodriguez Watson | Relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when certain traffic-control signals do not display an indication. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 993
| Rodriguez Watson | Relating to the closure of a road or highway by certain firefighters. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1010
| Bonnen Jackson, Mike | Relating to enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1116
| Harper-Brown Shapiro | Relating to prohibiting the sale and use of certain radar interference devices. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1353
| Elkins Williams | Relating to speed limits. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1899
| Pickett Rodriguez | Relating to the posting of signs in school crossing zones regarding the prohibited use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1906
| Howard, Donna Fraser | Relating to the idling of motor vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2256
| Phillips Williams | Relating to abating or deferring the suspension or revocation of a license issued by the Department of Public Safety for victims of identity theft. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2357
| Pickett Williams | Relating to motor vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 1- 1-12 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2466
| Phillips Carona | Relating to the licensing and operation of motor vehicles by minors. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2541
| Solomons Nelson | Relating to the regulation of traffic on certain roads by counties. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3510
| Hamilton Carona | Relating to the regulation of the towing, booting, and storage of vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 132
| Wentworth Keffer | Relating to registration with the Selective Service System of certain applicants for a driver's license or personal identification certificate. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 197
| West Phillips | Relating to the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles; providing penalties. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 364
| Ogden Brown, Fred | Relating to statistical information on the prosecution of certain offenses relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 469
| Nelson Patrick, Diane | Relating to the collection of unpaid tolls by a regional tollway authority. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 493
| Fraser Smith, Wayne | Relating to the idling of motor vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 953
| Whitmire Madden | Relating to the conditions for granting an occupational license to certain persons, the monitoring of those persons by a local community supervision and corrections department, and the fees associated with department services. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 990
| Carona Harper-Brown | Relating to regulation of high occupancy vehicle lanes operated, managed, or maintained by a regional transportation authority. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1330
| Watson Naishtat | Relating to the driver safety courses for individuals under the age of 25 and to the driving course requirements for those individuals when receiving deferred adjudication of certain traffic offenses. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1386
| Lucio Oliveira | Relating to the refusal to register motor vehicles by a county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1608
| Carona Rodriguez | Relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1610
| Lucio Hamilton | Relating to seat belt requirements for certain vehicles. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1787
| Patrick, Dan Martinez Fischer | Relating to the information provided by a peace officer before requesting a specimen to determine intoxication. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Allows officer to obtain a warrant to obtain breath or urine speciman from DWI suspect. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
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