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      88(R) HB 64 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            H.B.  No.  64
         
               AN ACT
            
            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              
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Transportation Code 546.002 (Transportation Code 546)
House Committee Report: Transportation Code 546.002 (Transportation Code 546)
Engrossed: Transportation Code 546.002 (Transportation Code 546)
Enrolled: Transportation Code 546.002 (Transportation Code 546)




	AN ACT
	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