Bill Text: TX SB1064 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Transportation [SB1064 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1064-Introduced.html
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By: Flores | S.B. No. 1064 |
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relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.157(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to the following vehicles: | ||
(1) a stationary authorized emergency vehicle using | ||
visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and | ||
547.702; | ||
(2) a stationary tow truck using equipment authorized | ||
by Section 547.305(d); [ |
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(3) a Texas Department of Transportation vehicle not | ||
separated from the roadway by a traffic control channelizing device | ||
and using visual signals that comply with the standards and | ||
specifications adopted under Section 547.105; and | ||
(4) a service vehicle used in the maintenance of an | ||
electrical power line and using visual signals that comply with the | ||
standards and specifications adopted under Section 547.105. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |