80R6740 JRJ-F
 
  By: Hamilton H.B. No. 2433
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a school bus; creating an offense.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.426 to read as follows:
       Sec. 545.426.  OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS. (a)  A person may
not operate a school bus if:
             (1)  the door of the school bus is open;
             (2)  the number of passengers on the bus is greater than
the manufacturer's design capacity for the bus; or
             (3)  a passenger is:
                   (A)  standing in the bus; or
                   (B)  sitting:
                         (i)  on the floor of the bus; or
                         (ii)  in any location on the bus that is not
designed as a seat.
       (b)  The department may adopt rules necessary to administer
and enforce this section.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.