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| 1 | 1 | By: Hancock S.B. No. 545 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Harper-Brown) | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized | |
| 8 | 8 | emergency service vehicle used to conduct a police escort. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 546.002, Transportation | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) In this section, "police escort" means facilitating the | |
| 13 | 13 | movement of a funeral, oversized or hazardous load, or other | |
| 14 | 14 | traffic disruption for public safety purposes by a peace officer | |
| 15 | 15 | described by Articles 2.12(1)-(4), (8), (12), and (22), Code of | |
| 16 | 16 | Criminal Procedure. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |