Bill Text: TX HB3783 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of obstructing a street, railroad crossing, or public highway.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB3783 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3783-Introduced.html
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| By: Kacal | H.B. No. 3783 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of obstructing | ||
| a street, railroad crossing, or public highway. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 471.007(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A railway company commits an offense if: | ||
| (1) a train of the railway company obstructs for more | ||
| than 10 minutes a street, railroad crossing, or public highway; and | ||
| (2) as a result, an authorized emergency vehicle, as | ||
| defined by Section 541.201, is prevented from taking the most | ||
| direct route to an emergency. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
| only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before | ||
| the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs | ||
| before that date. | ||
| (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this | ||
| Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
