86R5261 JRR-F
 
  By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 780
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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); [and]
               (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.