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By: Kacal, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Perry) |
H.B. No. 2810 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to exempting certain trailers from being equipped with |
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emergency brakes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 547.405(d), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) A trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer that is equipped |
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with air or vacuum brakes or that has a gross weight heavier than |
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4,500 [3,000] pounds shall be equipped with brakes that: |
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(1) operate on all wheels required to have brakes |
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under Section 547.402; and |
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(2) are promptly applied automatically and remain |
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applied for at least 15 minutes in case of a breakaway from the |
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towing vehicle. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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