83R10525 VOO-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 3754
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicles passing a highway construction worker;
providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 545.157, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 545.157. PASSING AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE, TOW
TRUCK, OR CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
SECTION 2. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) On approaching a stationary authorized emergency
vehicle using visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections
547.305 and 547.702, [or] a stationary tow truck using equipment
authorized by Section 547.305(d), or a construction worker working
on a highway construction project, an operator, unless otherwise
directed by a police officer, shall:
(1) vacate the lane closest to the emergency vehicle,
[or] tow truck, or construction worker when driving on a highway
with two or more lanes traveling in the direction of the emergency
vehicle, [or] tow truck, or construction worker; or
(2) slow to a speed not to exceed:
(A) 20 miles per hour less than the posted speed
limit when the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour or more; or
(B) five miles per hour when the posted speed
limit is less than 25 miles per hour.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.