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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain video equipment and television |
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receivers while a motor vehicle is in motion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 547.611, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with video receiving |
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equipment, including a television, a digital video disc player, a |
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videocassette player, or similar equipment, only if the equipment |
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is located so that the video display is not visible from the |
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operator's seat unless the vehicle transmission is in park. |
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(b) A motor vehicle specially designed as a mobile unit used |
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by a licensed television station may have video receiving equipment |
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located so that the video display is visible from the operator's |
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side, but the receiver may be used only when the vehicle is stopped. |
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(c) This section does not prohibit the use of: |
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(1) equipment used: |
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(A) exclusively for receiving digital |
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information for commercial purposes; |
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(B) exclusively for a safety or law enforcement |
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purpose, if each installation is approved by the department; |
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(C) in a remote television transmission truck; |
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or |
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(D) exclusively for monitoring the performance |
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of equipment installed on a vehicle used for safety purposes in |
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connection with the operations of a natural gas, water, or electric |
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utility; or |
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(2) a monitoring device that: |
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(A) produces an electronic display; and |
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(B) is used exclusively in conjunction with a |
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mobile navigation system installed in the vehicle. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |