Amend HB 771 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1, amending the heading to Section 545.425, Transportation Code (page 1, line 25), strike "SCHOOL BUS" and substitute "[SCHOOL] BUS".
(2) In the recital to SECTION 2, amending Section 545.425, Transportation Code (page 1, lines 28 and 29), strike "Sections 545.425(b-1), (b-2), (b-4), and (d-1), Transportation Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 545.425, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsections (b-1), (b-2), (b-4), (c), and (d-1) and adding Subsection (e-1)".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 545.425, Transportation Code (page 2, between lines 18 and 19), insert the following:
(c) An operator may not use a wireless communication device while operating a school bus or passenger bus with a minor passenger on the bus unless the [passenger] bus is stopped.
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in amended Section 545.425, Transportation Code (page 2, between lines 23 and 24), insert the following:
(e-1) Subsection (c) does not apply to an operator of a school bus or passenger bus using a wireless communication device:
(1) in the performance of the operator's duties as a bus driver; and
(2) in a manner similar to using a two-way radio.