| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the sale or rental of certain motor vehicle tires; |
|
|
creating a criminal offense. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. The heading to Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, |
|
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
|
TITLE 6. SALE, RENTAL, OR TRANSFER OF GOODS |
|
|
SECTION 2. Title 6, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Chapter 205 to read as follows: |
|
|
CHAPTER 205. SALE OR RENTAL OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES |
|
|
Sec. 205.001. SALE OR RENTAL OF UNSAFE TIRES PROHIBITED. |
|
|
(a) A person commits an offense if the person offers for sale or |
|
|
rental, sells, or rents to another person a motor vehicle tire that |
|
|
is or will be subject to inspection under Section 548.051, |
|
|
Transportation Code, and that: |
|
|
(1) has tire tread less than one-sixteenth of an inch |
|
|
deep; |
|
|
(2) has a localized worn spot that exposes the ply or |
|
|
cord through the tread; |
|
|
(3) has a tread or sidewall crack, cut, or snag as |
|
|
measured on the outside of the tire that is more than one inch long |
|
|
and deep enough to expose the body cords; |
|
|
(4) has any visible bump, bulge, or knot apparently |
|
|
related to tread or sidewall separation or partial failure of the |
|
|
tire structure, including bead area; |
|
|
(5) has been regrooved or recut below the original |
|
|
groove depth, except for a special regroovable tire that has extra |
|
|
undertread rubber for that purpose and is identified as a |
|
|
regroovable tire; |
|
|
(6) has been repaired temporarily by the use of a |
|
|
blowout patch or boot; |
|
|
(7) has worn tread wear indicators that contact the |
|
|
road in any two adjacent major grooves in the center or middle of |
|
|
the tire; or |
|
|
(8) does not otherwise meet applicable Department of |
|
|
Public Safety safety standards for the tire under Section 547.101, |
|
|
Transportation Code. |
|
|
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor |
|
|
punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $2,000. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |