| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2048 |
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| 1 | + | By: Krause (Senate Sponsor - Powell) H.B. No. 2048 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 6, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Transportation; May 17, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a |
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| 6 | 12 | | highway. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 9 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 16 | | (a) This section applies only to the following vehicles: |
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| 11 | 17 | | (1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using |
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| 12 | 18 | | visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and |
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| 13 | 19 | | 547.702; |
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| 14 | 20 | | (2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized |
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| 15 | 21 | | by Section 547.305(d); |
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| 16 | 22 | | (3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle or a |
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| 17 | 23 | | highway maintenance or construction vehicle operated pursuant to a |
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| 18 | 24 | | contract awarded under Subchapter A, Chapter 223, not separated |
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| 19 | 25 | | from the roadway by a traffic control channelizing device and using |
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| 20 | 26 | | visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications |
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| 21 | 27 | | adopted under Section 547.105; |
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| 22 | 28 | | (4) a service vehicle used by or for a utility, as |
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| 23 | 29 | | defined by Section 203.091, and using visual signals that comply |
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| 24 | 30 | | with the standards and specifications adopted under Section |
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| 25 | 31 | | 547.105; [and] |
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| 26 | 32 | | (5) a stationary vehicle used exclusively to transport |
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| 27 | 33 | | municipal solid waste, as defined by Section 361.003, Health and |
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| 28 | 34 | | Safety Code, or recyclable material, as defined by Section 361.421, |
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| 29 | 35 | | Health and Safety Code, while being operated in connection with the |
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| 30 | 36 | | removal or transportation of municipal solid waste or recyclable |
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| 31 | 37 | | material from a location adjacent to the highway; and |
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| 32 | 38 | | (6) a vehicle operated by or pursuant to a contract |
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| 33 | 39 | | with a toll project entity, as defined by Section 372.001, using |
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| 34 | 40 | | visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications |
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| 35 | 41 | | adopted under Section 547.105. |
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| 36 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 39 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2048 was passed by the House on April |
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| 40 | | - | 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 22, 2 present, not |
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| 41 | | - | voting. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 44 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2048 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 45 | | - | 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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| 46 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 48 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Date |
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| 50 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Governor |
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