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AN ACT
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relating to the operation on a highway or street of a motor vehicle |
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that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a child |
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is riding; providing a penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 545.4145 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.4145. RIDING IN OR ON BOAT OR PERSONAL WATERCRAFT |
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DRAWN BY VEHICLE; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the |
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person operates a motor vehicle on a highway or street when a child |
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younger than 18 years of age is occupying a boat or personal |
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watercraft being drawn by the motor vehicle. |
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(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that |
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the person was: |
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(1) operating the motor vehicle in a parade or in an |
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emergency; or |
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(2) operating the motor vehicle on a beach. |
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(c) In this section, "boat" and "personal watercraft" have |
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the meanings assigned by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2981 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2981 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2981 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |