88R496 MP-D
 
  By: Cole H.B. No. 684
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the conspicuous marking of certain police vehicles as
  police vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 547.702, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  A police vehicle used to patrol shall be conspicuously
  marked as a police vehicle with the insignia of the applicable law
  enforcement agency clearly visible at a distance of up to 500 feet
  under normal atmospheric conditions.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.