Bill Text: TX HB1770 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to regulation and liability of certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Referred to Transportation [HB1770 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1770-Introduced.html

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86R4459 AAF-D
By: Martinez H.B. No. 1770

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 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.