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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to driving on an improved shoulder. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.058(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A limitation in this section on driving on an improved |
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shoulder does not apply to: |
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(1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a |
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call; |
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(2) a police patrol; [or] |
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(3) a bicycle; or |
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(4) a slow-moving vehicle, as defined by Section |
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547.001. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |