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      88(R) HB 1744 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text
      
            88R1517 SCP-D
         
		By:  Leach
            H.B.  No.  1744
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator 
         
            of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, 
         
            is amended by adding Section 545.429 to read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  545.429.    USE OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE BY 
         
            PREGNANT OPERATOR.  An operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant 
         
            is entitled to use any high occupancy vehicle lane in this state 
         
            regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other 
         
            than the operator's unborn child.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator
	of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 545.429 to read as follows:
	Sec. 545.429. USE OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE BY
	PREGNANT OPERATOR. An operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant
	is entitled to use any high occupancy vehicle lane in this state
	regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other
	than the operator's unborn child.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.