Bill Text: TX SB780 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB780 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB780-Introduced.html
86R5261 JRR-F | ||
By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 780 |
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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 stationary vehicle used exclusively to transport | ||
municipal solid waste, as defined by Section 361.003, Health and | ||
Safety Code, or recyclable material, as defined by Section 361.421, | ||
Health and Safety Code, while being operated in connection with the | ||
removal or transportation of municipal solid waste or recyclable | ||
material from a location adjacent to the highway. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |