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By:  Brown of Brazos                                              H.B. No. 3394



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to use of certain video equipment and television 
receivers.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 547.611, Transportation Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (c) by adding (3) and (4) to read as follows:
	(a)  motor vehicle may be equipped with video receiving 
equipment, including a television, a digital video disc player, a 
videocassette player, or similar equipment, only if the equipment 
is located so that the video display is not visible from the 
operator's seat.
	(b)  A motor vehicle specially designed as a mobile unit used 
by a licensed television station may have video receiving equipment 
located so that the video display is visible from the operator's 
side, but the receiver may be used only when the vehicle is stopped.
	(c)  This section does not prohibit the use of:                                
		(1)  equipment used:                                                          
			(A)  exclusively for receiving digital 
information for commercial purposes;
			(B)  exclusively for a safety or law enforcement 
purpose, if each installation is approved by the department;
			(C)  in a remote television transmission truck; or                           
			(D)  exclusively for monitoring the performance 
of equipment installed on a vehicle used for safety purposes in 
connection with the operations of a natural gas, water, or electric 
utility; [or]
		(2)  a monitoring device that:                                                
			(A)  produces an electronic display; and                                     
			(B)  is used exclusively in conjunction with a 
mobile navigation system installed in the vehicle[.] :
		(3)  a visual display used to enhance or supplement the 
driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle 
for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle; or
		(4)  a television receiver, video monitor, television 
or video screen, or any other, similar means of visually displaying 
a television  broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an 
interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables 
the equipment for all uses except as a visual display described in 
(3) inclusive.