Bill Text: TX SB545 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
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 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB545-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 545 | ||
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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. Subsection (a), Section 546.002, 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 545 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 545 passed the House on | ||
| May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
