Amend HB 347 (house committee report) by striking lines 7 through 14 and substituting the following:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an operator may not use a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle:
(1) in [within] a school crossing zone, as defined by Section 541.302, Transportation Code, unless:
(A)[(1)] the vehicle is stopped; or
(B)[(2)] the wireless communication device is used with a hands-free device; or
(2) on the property of a public elementary, middle, or junior high school for which a local authority has designated a school crossing zone, during the time a reduced speed limit is in effect for the school crossing zone, unless:
(A) the vehicle is stopped; or
(B) the wireless communication device is used with a hands-free device.