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By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 1330 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2011, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, |
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sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of safety guards or flaps on certain vehicles or |
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vehicle combinations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 547.606, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in |
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combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with |
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a towing vehicle that has at least four tires or at least two super |
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single tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or the rearmost |
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vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or |
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flaps that: |
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(1) are of a type prescribed by the department; and |
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(2) are located and suspended behind the rearmost |
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wheels of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination |
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within eight inches of the surface of the highway. |
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(c) In this section, "super single tire" means a wide-base, |
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single tire that may be used in place of two standard tires on the |
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same axle. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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