Texas Transportation Code

§ 545.4252 — USE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY; OFFENSE

TN § 545.4252Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES · Art. I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES

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(a)In this section:

(1)"Hands-free device" has the meaning assigned by Section 545.425.

(2)"Wireless communication device" has the meaning assigned by Section 545.425.

(b)Except as provided by Section 545.425(c), an operator may not use a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on the property of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school for which a local authority has designated a school crossing zone, during the time a reduced speed limit is in effect for the school crossing zone, unless:

(1)the vehicle is stopped; or

(2)the wireless communication device is used with a hands-free device.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 240 (H.B. 347), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.