Bill Text: TX HB1611 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of warning devices by stationary authorized emergency vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-22 - Left pending in committee [HB1611 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1611-Introduced.html
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By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 1611 |
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relating to the use of warning devices by stationary authorized | ||
emergency vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 546, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 546.008 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 546.008. USE OF WARNING DEVICES BY STATIONARY | ||
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES. The department shall: | ||
(1) develop best practices for the use of road flares, | ||
fusees, emergency reflectors, or other safety equipment by a | ||
stationary authorized emergency vehicle responding to an incident | ||
on a highway; and | ||
(2) provide training materials regarding the | ||
information developed under Subdivision (1) to operators of | ||
authorized emergency vehicles. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |