Bill Text: TX HB2366 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on airport security vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Referred to Transportation [HB2366 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2366-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on airport security vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-08 - Referred to Transportation [HB2366 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2366-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Dallas | H.B. No. 2366 |
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relating to the designation of certain airport vehicles as | ||
authorized emergency vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 541.201(1), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means: | ||
(A) a fire department or police vehicle; | ||
(B) a public or private ambulance operated by a | ||
person who has been issued a license by the Department of State | ||
Health Services; | ||
(C) an emergency medical services vehicle: | ||
(i) authorized under an emergency medical | ||
services provider license issued by the Department of State Health | ||
Services under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and | ||
(ii) operating under a contract with an | ||
emergency services district that requires the emergency medical | ||
services provider to respond to emergency calls with the vehicle; | ||
(D) a municipal department or public service | ||
corporation emergency vehicle that has been designated or | ||
authorized by the governing body of a municipality; | ||
(E) a county-owned or county-leased emergency | ||
management vehicle that has been designated or authorized by the | ||
commissioners court; | ||
(F) a vehicle that has been designated by the | ||
department under Section 546.0065; | ||
(G) a private vehicle of a volunteer firefighter | ||
or a certified emergency medical services employee or volunteer | ||
when responding to a fire alarm or medical emergency; | ||
(H) an industrial emergency response vehicle, | ||
including an industrial ambulance, when responding to an emergency, | ||
but only if the vehicle is operated in compliance with criteria in | ||
effect September 1, 1989, and established by the predecessor of the | ||
Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the State | ||
Firefighters' [ |
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(I) a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue bank, | ||
accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the United | ||
States, when making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs, | ||
medicines, or organs; | ||
(J) a vehicle used for law enforcement purposes | ||
that is owned or leased by a federal governmental entity; [ |
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(K) a private vehicle of an employee or volunteer | ||
of a county emergency management division in a county with a | ||
population of more than 46,500 and less than 48,000 that is | ||
designated as an authorized emergency vehicle by the commissioners | ||
court of that county; or | ||
(L) an emergency management or airport security | ||
vehicle that: | ||
(i) is owned or leased by an airport | ||
operated by a joint board created under Section 22.074 for which the | ||
constituent agencies are populous home-rule municipalities, as | ||
those terms are defined by Section 22.071; and | ||
(ii) has been designated or authorized by | ||
the chief executive officer of the joint board. | ||
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, 2017. |