Amend SB 12 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill, and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Sections 382.0191(b), (c), and (d), Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(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. Idling is not necessary to
power a heater or air conditioner if the vehicle is within two miles
of a facility offering external heating and air conditioning
connections at a time when those connections are available.
(c) No driver using the vehicle's sleeper berth may idle the
vehicle in a residential area as defined by Section 244.001, Local
Government Code, or in a school zone or within 1,000 feet of a
hospital or a public school during its hours of operation. An
offense under this subsection shall be punishable by a fine not to
exceed $500.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2009 [2007].