Bill Text: TX HB3415 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to driving on an improved shoulder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-08 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3415 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3415-Introduced.html

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83R12758 JRR-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 3415

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to driving on an improved shoulder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.058(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A limitation in this section on driving on an improved
shoulder does not apply to:
(1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a
call;
(2) a police patrol; [or]
(3) a bicycle; or
(4) a slow-moving vehicle, as defined by Section
547.001.
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.