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79R5342 JRJ-D

By:  Guillen                                                      H.B. No. 1251



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of an offense of using a telephone while 
operating a bus.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 545.425 to read as follows:
	Sec. 545.425.  USE OF TELEPHONE WHILE OPERATING BUS.  An 
operator of a bus may not use a telephone while operating the bus 
unless:
		(1)  the bus is stopped; or                                            
		(2)  the bus cannot safely be stopped and the operator 
is reporting an emergency that affects:
			(A)  the proper functioning of the bus; or                            
			(B)  the health or safety of any person, 
regardless of whether the person is on the bus.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.