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AN ACT
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relating to requiring child safety alarms in certain vehicles used |
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by child-care facilities to transport children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 42.0424 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.0424. CHILD SAFETY ALARMS IN VEHICLES. (a) In this |
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section, "electronic child safety alarm" means an alarm system that |
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prompts the driver of a vehicle to inspect the vehicle to determine |
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whether children are in the vehicle before the driver exits the |
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vehicle. |
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(b) A licensed day-care center shall equip each vehicle |
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owned or leased by the facility with an electronic child safety |
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alarm if the vehicle is: |
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(1) designed to seat eight or more persons; and |
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(2) used to transport children under the care of the |
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facility. |
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(c) The licensed day-care center shall ensure that the |
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electronic child safety alarm is properly maintained and used when |
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transporting children. |
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(d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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(e) This section applies only to a vehicle purchased or |
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leased on or after December 31, 2013. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 31, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1741 was passed by the House on April |
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18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 10, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. |
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1741 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 27, 2 |
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present, not voting; and that the House adopted H.C.R. No. 215 |
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authorizing certain corrections in H.B. No. 1741 on May 27, 2013, by |
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the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1741 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays |
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8; and that the Senate adopted H.C.R. No. 215 authorizing certain |
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corrections in H.B. No. 1741 on May 27, 2013, by the following vote: |
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Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |