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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to three-point seat belts on school buses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 547.701(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A school bus shall be equipped with: |
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(1) a convex mirror or other device that reflects to |
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the school bus operator a clear view of the area immediately in |
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front of the vehicle that would otherwise be hidden from view; [and] |
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(2) signal lamps that: |
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(A) are mounted as high and as widely spaced |
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laterally as practicable; |
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(B) display four alternately flashing red |
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lights, two located on the front at the same level and two located |
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on the rear at the same level; and |
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(C) emit a light visible at a distance of 500 feet |
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in normal sunlight; and |
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(3) a three-point seat belt for each passenger, |
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including the operator, if the bus is acquired on or after September |
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1, 2007. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |