84R3266 AAF-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 473
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the sale or transfer of certain law
enforcement vehicles before removal of certain equipment and
insignia.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 2175, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2175.907 to read as follows:
Sec. 2175.907. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
The commission or another state agency, including an agency
delegated the authority to dispose of surplus or salvage property
under Section 2175.065, may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car
or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the
state agency first removes any equipment or insignia that could
mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law
enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber
warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of
an emblem, and emergency vehicle equipment.
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 341, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.9045 to read as follows:
Sec. 341.9045. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
A municipality may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other
municipal law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the
municipality first removes any equipment or insignia that could
mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law
enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber
warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of
an emblem, and emergency vehicle equipment.
SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 351, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 351.905 to read as follows:
Sec. 351.905. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE.
A county may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other
county law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the
county first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a
reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement
motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning
light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an
emblem, and emergency vehicle equipment.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.