Bill Text: TX SB305 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Transportation [SB305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB305-Introduced.html
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| By: Perry | S.B. No. 305 | |
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| relating to the criminal offense of passing certain vehicles on a | ||
| highway. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This section applies only to the following vehicles: | ||
| (1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using | ||
| visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and | ||
| 547.702; | ||
| (2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized | ||
| by Section 547.305(d); | ||
| (3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle or a | ||
| highway maintenance or construction vehicle operated pursuant to a | ||
| contract awarded under Subchapter A, Chapter 223, not separated | ||
| from the roadway by a traffic control channelizing device and using | ||
| visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications | ||
| adopted under Section 547.105; | ||
| (4) a service vehicle used by or for a utility, as | ||
| defined by Section 203.091, and using visual signals that comply | ||
| with the standards and specifications adopted under Section | ||
| 547.105; | ||
| (5) a stationary vehicle used exclusively to transport | ||
| municipal solid waste, as defined by Section 361.003, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, or recyclable material, as defined by Section 361.421, | ||
| Health and Safety Code, while being operated in connection with the | ||
| removal or transportation of municipal solid waste or recyclable | ||
| material from a location adjacent to the highway; [ |
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| (6) a vehicle operated by or pursuant to a contract | ||
| with a toll project entity, as defined by Section 372.001, using | ||
| visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications | ||
| adopted under Section 547.105; | ||
| (7) a vehicle operated by an animal control officer, | ||
| as defined by Section 829.001, Health and Safety Code, for the | ||
| purpose of removing an animal or animal carcass from a roadway, or | ||
| an individual authorized to dispose of a carcass of an animal under | ||
| Section 361.117, Health and Safety Code, for the purpose of | ||
| removing an animal carcass from a roadway, and using visual signals | ||
| that comply with the standards and specifications adopted under | ||
| Section 547.105; and | ||
| (8) a vehicle operated by an employee of a local | ||
| authority for the purpose of issuing a parking citation and using | ||
| visual signals that comply with the standards and specifications | ||
| adopted under Section 547.105. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
