79R9974 JTS-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 1540
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1540:
By: Bonnen C.S.H.B. No. 1540
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of the idling of a motor vehicle while the driver is using
the vehicle's sleeper berth.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0191 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.0191. IDLING OF MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE USING SLEEPER
BERTH. (a) In this section, "idling" means allowing an engine to
run while the motor vehicle is not engaged in forward or reverse
motion.
(b) The commission may not prohibit or limit the idling of a
motor vehicle when idling is necessary to power a heater or air
conditioner while a driver is using the vehicle's sleeper berth for
a government-mandated rest period.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2007.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.