HBA-ALS, RAR C.S.H.B. 932 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 932 By: Hawley Transportation 4/6/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a car or light truck that tows a trailer, semitrailer, or housetrailer must use safety chains attached to the towing vehicle as a secondary safety device in case the primary bar were to disconnect. However, there is no such requirement for a car or light truck towing another motor vehicle. C.S.H.B. 932 prohibits a car or light truck from drawing another motor vehicle without using towing safety chains. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Sections 545.410(a), (b), and (d), Transportation Code, to include "another motor vehicle" among the items that are prohibited from being drawn by a passenger car or light truck without using towing safety chains of the type and in the manner approved by the Texas Department of Transportation. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute modifies the original in SECTION 1 (Section 545.410, Transportation Code) by deleting the provision which prohibited a truck from drawing certain trailers or another motor vehicle without using towing safety chains.