Texas Transportation Code 521.2476 – Minimum Standards for Vendors of Ignition Interlock Devices
(a) The department by rule shall establish:
(1) minimum standards for vendors of ignition interlock devices who conduct business in this state; and
(2) procedures to ensure compliance with those standards, including procedures for the inspection of a vendor’s facilities.
(b) The minimum standards shall require each vendor to:
(1) be authorized by the department to do business in this state;
(2) install a device only if the device is approved under § 521.247;
(3) obtain liability insurance providing coverage for damages arising out of the operation or use of devices in amounts and under the terms specified by the department;
(4) install the device and activate any anticircumvention feature of the device within a reasonable time after the vendor receives notice that installation is ordered by a court;
(5) install and inspect the device in accordance with any applicable court order;
(6) repair or replace a device not later than 48 hours after receiving notice of a complaint regarding the operation of the device;
(7) submit a written report of any violation of a court order to that court and to the person‘s supervising officer, if any, not later than 48 hours after the vendor discovers the violation;
(8) maintain a record of each action taken by the vendor with respect to each device installed by the vendor, including each action taken as a result of an attempt to circumvent the device, until at least the fifth anniversary after the date of installation;
(9) make a copy of the record available for inspection by or send a copy of the record to any court, supervising officer, or the department on request; and
(10) annually provide to the department a written report of each service and ignition interlock device feature made available by the vendor.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 521.2476
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The department may revoke the department’s authorization for a vendor to do business in this state if the vendor or an officer or employee of the vendor violates:
(1) any law of this state that applies to the vendor; or
(2) any rule adopted by the department under this section or another law that applies to the vendor.
(d) A vendor shall reimburse the department for the reasonable cost of conducting each inspection of the vendor’s facilities under this section.