Bill Text: TX HB1268 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency service vehicle used to conduct a police escort.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1268 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1268-Introduced.html
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| By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 1268 | |
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| 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. Section 546.002(a), 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. | ||
