Bill Text: TX HB521 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 59-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Transportation [HB521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB521-Introduced.html
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| By: Cain | H.B. No. 521 | |
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| relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator | ||
| of a motor vehicle who is pregnant. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.429 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.429. USE OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE BY | ||
| PREGNANT OPERATOR. An operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant | ||
| is entitled to use any high occupancy vehicle lane in this state | ||
| regardless of whether the vehicle is occupied by a passenger other | ||
| than the operator's unborn child. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
