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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