| 1 | 1 | | 81R9830 JSC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 2482 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the display of emergency lighting on the personal |
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| 8 | 8 | | vehicle of a reserve peace officer. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 547.305, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (d) A vehicle may be equipped with alternately flashing |
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| 14 | 14 | | lighting equipment described by Section 547.701 or 547.702 only if |
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| 15 | 15 | | the vehicle is: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) a school bus; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) an authorized emergency vehicle; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) a personal vehicle of a reserve peace officer; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (4) a church bus that has the words "church bus" |
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| 20 | 20 | | printed on the front and rear of the bus so as to be clearly |
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| 21 | 21 | | discernable to other vehicle operators; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) [(4)] a tow truck while under the direction of a |
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| 23 | 23 | | law enforcement officer at the scene of an accident or while hooking |
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| 24 | 24 | | up to a disabled vehicle on a roadway; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (6) [(5)] a tow truck with a mounted light bar which |
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| 26 | 26 | | has turn signals and stop lamps in addition to those required by |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sections 547.322, 547.323, and 547.324[, Transportation Code]. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d-1) A reserve peace officer whose vehicle is equipped with |
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| 29 | 29 | | alternately flashing lighting equipment under Subsection (d) may |
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| 30 | 30 | | use that lighting equipment only when the reserve peace officer is |
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| 31 | 31 | | performing official duties as a reserve peace officer. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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