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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school |
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bus using images from a school bus monitoring system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 542.207 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.207. USE OF SCHOOL BUS MONITORING SYSTEM IMAGES |
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FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) In this section, "school |
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bus monitoring system" means a camera installed on a school bus for |
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the purpose of detecting violations described by Section 545.066. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Sections 707.020 and 707.021, a local |
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authority or a school district may issue a civil or criminal charge |
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or citation, as applicable, for a violation described by Section |
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545.066 based on a recorded image produced by a school bus |
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monitoring system. The recorded image may be used as evidence in a |
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proceeding for the violation. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |