By: Jackson, et al. H.B. No. 372
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required use of towing safety chains on certain
vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.410(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An operator of a passenger car or light truck may not
draw a trailer, semitrailer, house trailer, or another motor
vehicle unless safety chains of a type approved by the department
are attached in a manner approved by the department from the
trailer, semitrailer, house trailer, or drawn motor vehicle to the
drawing vehicle. This subsection does not apply to the drawing of
equipment [a trailer or semitrailer] used for agricultural purposes
and for which registration is not required.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
before that date.
(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.