Bill Text: TX HB64 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB64 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB64-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 64 | ||
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| relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized | ||
| emergency 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), (17)(B), and (22), | ||
| Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 64 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 64 was passed by the Senate on May 24, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
