Bill Text: TX HB2807 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to regulation and liability of certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-03 - Considered in Local & Consent Calendars [HB2807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2807-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to regulation and liability of certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-03 - Considered in Local & Consent Calendars [HB2807 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2807-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2807 |
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relating to regulation and liability of certain vehicles on a | ||
highway; increasing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.157, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) 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 [ |
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under Chapter 2308, Occupations Code, and using equipment | ||
authorized by Section 547.305(d); and | ||
(3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle 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. | ||
(c) A person who violates Subsection (b) commits an offense. | ||
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misdemeanor punishable by a fine of: | ||
(1) not less than $250 or more than $500, except as | ||
provided by Subdivisions (2) and (3) [ |
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(2) not less than $500 or more than $1,000 [ |
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in property damage; or | ||
(3) not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 [ |
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(c-1) On conviction of an offense under this section, the | ||
court shall require the person to complete a driving safety course | ||
approved under Chapter 1001, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 545.3051(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an | ||
authority, [ |
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performing towing duties under Chapter 2308, Occupations Code, | ||
authorized by an authority or law enforcement agency is not liable | ||
for: | ||
(1) any damage to personal property removed from a | ||
roadway or right-of-way under this section, unless the removal is | ||
carried out recklessly or in a grossly negligent manner; or | ||
(2) any damage resulting from the failure to exercise | ||
the authority granted by this section. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |