By Goolsby H.B. No. 111 77R707 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a toll-free telephone number that a person may call to 1-3 report unsafe driving of a commercial motor vehicle. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 644, Transportation Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 644.055 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 644.055. TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR REPORTING 1-8 UNSAFE DRIVING. (a) The department by rule shall provide that a 1-9 motor carrier, as defined by Section 643.001, may not control, 1-10 operate, or direct the operation of a commercial motor vehicle on a 1-11 road or highway of this state unless: 1-12 (1) the motor carrier maintains a toll-free telephone 1-13 number at which the motor carrier accepts reports of unsafe driving 1-14 of the vehicle; and 1-15 (2) there is displayed on the vehicle a notice as 1-16 provided by Subsection (b). 1-17 (b) The notice must: 1-18 (1) state: "To report unsafe driving, please call 1-19 (insert the toll-free number)"; 1-20 (2) include a unique identifying number for the 1-21 vehicle; 1-22 (3) be in letters and numbers at least eight inches 1-23 high; and 1-24 (4) be located on a contrasting background in a 2-1 conspicuous place on the rear of the vehicle. 2-2 (c) The rules adopted under this section must require that 2-3 the toll-free telephone number stated in the notice be answered, by 2-4 an individual capable of accepting reports of unsafe driving, at 2-5 all times. 2-6 SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt the 2-7 rules required by Section 644.055, Transportation Code, as added by 2-8 this Act, before January 1, 2002. 2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.