1-1 By: Ratliff S.B. No. 1449 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 29, 1993; April 29, 1993, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; May 12, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 12, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Armbrister x 1-9 Leedom x 1-10 Carriker x 1-11 Henderson x 1-12 Madla x 1-13 Moncrief x 1-14 Patterson x 1-15 Rosson x 1-16 Shapiro x 1-17 Wentworth x 1-18 Whitmire x 1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-20 AN ACT 1-21 relating to the identification of certain city and county vehicles. 1-22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-23 SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 235, Acts of the 56th 1-24 Legislature, Regular Session, 1959 (Article 6701m-2, Vernon's Texas 1-25 Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 121 and 1051, Acts of the 1-26 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as 1-27 follows: 1-28 Sec. 1. On every city or county-owned motor vehicle and 1-29 piece of heavy equipment, there shall be printed upon each side the 1-30 name of the city or county, followed in letters that are plainly 1-31 legible at a distance of not less than 100 feet, the title of the 1-32 department or official having the custody of the vehicle or piece 1-33 of heavy equipment, and the inscription shall be in a color 1-34 sufficiently different from the body of the vehicle or piece of 1-35 heavy equipment so that the lettering shall be plainly legible, and 1-36 the official having control thereof shall have the wording placed 1-37 thereon as prescribed herein, and whoever drives any motor vehicle 1-38 or piece of heavy equipment belonging to any city or county upon 1-39 the streets of any town or city or upon a public highway without 1-40 the inscription printed thereon shall be fined not less than 1-41 Twenty-five Dollars ($25) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100). 1-42 Provided however, upon approval of the governing body in the case 1-43 of a city or the approval of the commissioners court in the case of 1-44 a county, that the provisions of this Section shall not apply to 1-45 automobiles used by police, sheriffs' and constables' departments, 1-46 the office of criminal district attorney, district attorney, or 1-47 county attorney, magistrates as defined by Article 2.09, Code of 1-48 Criminal Procedure, city or county arson investigators, or juvenile 1-49 probation department vehicles used to transport children, when used 1-50 for the purpose of performing official duties. This exception for 1-51 unmarked vehicles does not apply to "contract deputies". 1-52 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-53 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-54 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-55 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-56 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-57 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-58 * * * * * 1-59 Austin, 1-60 Texas 1-61 May 12, 1993 1-62 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-63 President of the Senate 1-64 Sir: 1-65 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was 1-66 referred S.B. No. 1449, have had the same under consideration, and 1-67 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the 1-68 recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 2-1 Armbrister, 2-2 Chairman 2-3 * * * * * 2-4 WITNESSES 2-5 FOR AGAINST ON 2-6 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-7 Name: T.A. Britt x 2-8 Representing: Houston Police Officers Assoc. 2-9 City: Houston 2-10 -------------------------------------------------------------------