1-1 By: Kamel (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) H.B. No. 84
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 5, 1993;
1-3 April 5, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 5, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 5, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Sibley
1-22 Amend H.B. 84 by striking SECTION 3 and replacing it with a new
1-23 SECTION 3 to read as follows:
1-24 SECTION 3. NONAPPLICABLE. Section 2 of this Act does not
1-25 apply if the owner of the authorized emergency vehicle transfers
1-26 ownership of the vehicle to:
1-27 (1) a person who holds a license as a emergency
1-28 medical services provider under Chapter 773, Health and Safety
1-29 Code,
1-30 (2) a person who is in the business of buying and
1-31 selling used vehicles in this state and specializes in authorized
1-32 emergency vehicles, or
1-33 (3) an entity described in Section 2 (d), Uniform Act
1-34 Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-35 Statutes), or to similar entities operating in foreign countries.
1-36 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-37 AN ACT
1-38 relating to the disposal of certain authorized emergency vehicles;
1-39 providing a penalty.
1-40 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-41 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-42 (1) "Authorized emergency vehicle" has the meaning
1-43 assigned by Section 2, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways
1-44 (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
1-45 (2) "Vehicle equipment" has the meaning assigned by
1-46 Section 108, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article
1-47 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
1-48 SECTION 2. CERTAIN EQUIPMENT TO BE REMOVED. The owner of an
1-49 authorized emergency vehicle that is used to transport sick or
1-50 injured persons may not transfer ownership of the vehicle, unless
1-51 the owner of the vehicle:
1-52 (1) removes from the vehicle any vehicle equipment,
1-53 including a light, siren, or device, that under the Uniform Act
1-54 Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-55 Statutes) only an authorized emergency vehicle may be equipped
1-56 with; and
1-57 (2) removes or obliterates any emblem or marking on
1-58 the vehicle that identifies the vehicle as an authorized emergency
1-59 vehicle.
1-60 SECTION 3. NONAPPLICABLE. Section 2 of this Act does not
1-61 apply if the owner of the authorized emergency vehicle transfers
1-62 ownership of the vehicle to an entity described in Section 2(d),
1-63 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's
1-64 Texas Civil Statutes).
1-65 SECTION 4. OFFENSE. A person who violates Section 2 of this
1-66 Act commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class C
1-67 misdemeanor.
1-68 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
2-1 1, 1993, and applies only to a transfer of ownership of an
2-2 authorized emergency vehicle made on or after that date.
2-3 SECTION 6. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
2-4 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-8 * * * * *
2-9 Austin,
2-10 Texas
2-11 May 5, 1993
2-12 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-13 President of the Senate
2-14 Sir:
2-15 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B. No.
2-16 84, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-17 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-18 pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-19 Harris of
2-20 Dallas, Chairman
2-21 * * * * *
2-22 WITNESSES
2-23 FOR AGAINST ON
2-24 ___________________________________________________________________
2-25 Name: Faye Thomas x
2-26 Representing: Texas Ambulance Assn
2-27 City: Dallas
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