Bill Text: TX HB802 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB802 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB802-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 802 |
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relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 541.201(1), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means: | ||
(A) a fire department or police vehicle; | ||
(B) a public or private ambulance operated by a | ||
person who has been issued a license by the [ |
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State Health Services; | ||
(C) a municipal department or public service | ||
corporation emergency vehicle that has been designated or | ||
authorized by the governing body of a municipality; | ||
(D) a county-owned or county-leased emergency | ||
management vehicle that has been designated or authorized by the | ||
commissioners court; | ||
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firefighter or a certified emergency medical services employee or | ||
volunteer when responding to a fire alarm or medical emergency; | ||
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vehicle, including an industrial ambulance, when responding to an | ||
emergency, but only if the vehicle is operated in compliance with | ||
criteria in effect September 1, 1989, and established by the | ||
predecessor of the Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the | ||
State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas; | ||
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bank, accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the | ||
United States, when making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs, | ||
medicines, or organs; or | ||
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purposes that is owned or leased by a federal governmental entity. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 802 was passed by the House on April | ||
3, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 802 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |