TITLE: Relating to a study administered by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle safety devices for motor vehicles.

SUMMARY: Relating to a study administered by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle safety devices for motor vehicles.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a study administered by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle safety devices for motor vehicles. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 750, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 750.004 to read as follows: Sec. 750.004. STUDY OF IN-VEHICLE SAFETY DEVICES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) In this section, "in-vehicle safety device" means an in-vehicle device that: (1) for a motor vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, is a self-contained radio receiver that: (A) detects the approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, flashes lights to draw the driver's attention, and receives and plays a unique coded message instructing the driver; and (B) detects stationary transmitters warning of highway conditions and cautionary situations, including school crossing zones and construction or maintenance work zones, flashes lights to draw the driver's attention, and receives and plays a unique coded message instructing the driver; (2) for an authorized emergency vehicle, is fitted with a transmitter that activates automatically with the siren and emergency lighting system of the vehicle to transmit a unique emergency message to devices described by Subdivision (1) in the vicinity; and (3) is powered by a rechargeable battery and a solar cell. (b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall conduct a study to research the safety and economic impact of in-vehicle safety devices for motor vehicles. (c) This section expires, January 1, 2015. SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2014, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall deliver a report to each house of the legislature on the information collected under section 750.004, Transportation Code. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.