By Wise                                                H.B. No. 264
         77R1913 KKA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a requirement that school buses be equipped with mobile
 1-3     telephones.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 547.701(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A school bus shall be equipped with:
 1-8                 (1)  a convex mirror or other device that reflects to
 1-9     the school bus operator a clear view of the area immediately in
1-10     front of the vehicle that would otherwise be hidden from view;
1-11     [and]
1-12                 (2)  signal lamps that:
1-13                       (A)  are mounted as high and as widely spaced
1-14     laterally as practicable;
1-15                       (B)  display four alternately flashing red
1-16     lights, two located on the front at the same level and two located
1-17     on the rear at the same level; and
1-18                       (C)  emit a light visible at a distance of 500
1-19     feet in normal sunlight; and
1-20                 (3)  a mobile telephone that may be used in an
1-21     emergency.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.