85R12476 AAF-F
By: Dukes H.B. No. 2267
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of hazard warning lamps to warn approaching
vehicles of stopped traffic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.331, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The operator of the last vehicle in a line of traffic
stopped on a roadway with a speed limit of at least 55 miles per hour
may display the vehicle's hazard lamps to warn approaching vehicles
that traffic is stopped.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.