Bill Text: TX SB564 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB564 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB564-Introduced.html
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| By: Sparks | S.B. No. 564 | |
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| relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized | ||
| emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 546.002(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this section, "police escort" means facilitating the | ||
| movement of a funeral, oversized or hazardous load, or other | ||
| traffic disruption for public safety purposes by a peace officer | ||
| described by Articles 2.12(1)-(4), (8), (12), (17)(B), and (22), | ||
| Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
