80R11954 JTS-D
 
  By: Hamilton, Ritter, Anderson, Deshotel H.B. No. 323
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 323:
 
  By:  Deshotel C.S.H.B. No. 323
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport
schoolchildren.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 547.701, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 547.701.  ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL
BUSES AND OTHER BUSES USED TO TRANSPORT SCHOOLCHILDREN.
       SECTION 2.  Section 547.701, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
       (e)  In this subsection, "bus" includes a school bus, a
school activity bus, a school-chartered bus, and a bus operated by a
mass transit authority under contract with a school district. A bus
operated by or contracted for use by a school district for the
transportation of schoolchildren shall be equipped with a
three-point seat belt for each passenger, including the operator.  
This subsection applies to:
             (1)  each bus purchased by a school district on or after
September 1, 2010, for the transportation of schoolchildren; and
             (2)  each bus operated by or contracted for use by a
school district on or after September 1, 2014, for the
transportation of schoolchildren.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.