By: Hancock S.B. No. 545
(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2013; February 20, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
March 27, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 27, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized
emergency service vehicle used to conduct a police escort.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 546.002, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "police escort" means facilitating the
movement of a funeral, oversized or hazardous load, or other
traffic disruption for public safety purposes by a peace officer
described by Articles 2.12(1)-(4), (8), (12), and (22), Code of
Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
* * * * *