85R1040 JXC-D
 
  By: Phelan H.B. No. 1188
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to three-point seat belts on buses that transport
  schoolchildren.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 547.701(e), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  In this subsection, "bus" includes a school bus, [and a]
  school activity bus, multifunction school activity bus, or
  school-chartered bus.  A bus operated by or contracted for use by a
  school district for the transportation of schoolchildren shall be
  equipped with a three-point seat belt for each passenger, including
  the operator. This subsection does not apply to a [applies to:
               [(1)  each] bus purchased before September 1, 2017, by
  a school district [on or after September 1, 2010,] for the
  transportation of schoolchildren[; and
               [(2)     each school-chartered bus contracted for use by a
  school district on or after September 1, 2011, for the
  transportation of schoolchildren].
         SECTION 2.  Section 547.701(f), Transportation Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.