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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 81(R)

Senate Bill 1218

Senate Author:  Averitt

Effective:  9-1-09

House Sponsor:  Pitts


            Senate Bill 1218 amends the Transportation Code to require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to include information regarding the number of fatalities caused by a bridge collapse, as defined by the bill, in the statistical information derived from vehicle accident reports it receives and to require a medical examiner or justice of the peace to include information regarding the death of a person that was the result of a bridge collapse in a vehicle accident report submitted to TxDOT under state law.