Bill Text: TX HB64 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.html
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-Comm_Sub.html
88R2998 SRA-D | ||
By: Landgraf | 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. |