85R6522 JXC-D     By: Garcia S.B. No. 693       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 bus purchased by   a school district that is a model year 2017 or earlier [applies to:                [(1)     each bus purchased 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  Section 547.701(f), Transportation Code, is   repealed.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.