By: Buckley, Bailes, Leman H.B. No. 2290

(Senate Sponsor - Flores)

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the placement of a slow-moving-vehicle emblem.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 547.703(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a slow-moving vehicle shall display a slow-moving-vehicle emblem that:

(1) has a reflective surface designed to be clearly visible in daylight or at night from the light of standard automobile headlamps at a distance of at least 500 feet;

(2) is mounted base down on the rear of the vehicle and at a height that does not impair the visibility of the emblem [from three to five feet above the road surface]; and

(3) is maintained in a clean, reflective condition.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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