Bill Text: TX HB343 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the reporting and recording of a motor vehicle accident involving an official vehicle driven by a peace officer, firefighter, or an emergency medical services employee in the course of official duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB343 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB343-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting and recording of a motor vehicle accident involving an official vehicle driven by a peace officer, firefighter, or an emergency medical services employee in the course of official duties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB343 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB343-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 343 |
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relating to the reporting and recording of a motor vehicle accident | ||
involving an official vehicle driven by a peace officer, | ||
firefighter, or an emergency medical services employee in the | ||
course of official duties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.042(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The record of a license holder who is employed as a peace | ||
officer, fire fighter, or emergency medical services employee of | ||
this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a special | ||
purpose district may not include information relating to a traffic | ||
accident that occurs [ |
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fire fighter, or emergency medical services employee is driving an | ||
official vehicle in the course and scope of the license holder's | ||
official duties if: | ||
(1) the traffic accident resulted in damages to | ||
property of less than $1,000; or | ||
(2) an investigation of the accident by a peace | ||
officer, other than a peace officer involved in the accident, | ||
determines that the peace officer, fire fighter, or emergency | ||
medical services employee involved in the accident was not at | ||
fault. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 550.064(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An accident report form prepared by the department must: | ||
(1) require sufficiently detailed information to | ||
disclose the cause and conditions of and the persons and vehicles | ||
involved in an accident if the form is for the report to be made by a | ||
person involved in or investigating the accident; | ||
(2) include a way to designate and identify a peace | ||
officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services employee who | ||
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enforcement vehicle, fire department vehicle, or emergency medical | ||
services vehicle while performing the person's duties; | ||
(3) require a statement by a person described by | ||
Subdivision (2) as to the nature of the accident [ |
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(4) include a way to designate whether an individual | ||
involved in an accident wants to be contacted by a person seeking to | ||
obtain employment as a professional described by Section 38.01(12), | ||
Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |