By Pitts H.B. No. 476 74R2428 CAG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the manufacture, distribution, conversion, or sale of 1-3 emergency vehicles in this state. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code 1-6 (Article 4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-7 adding Section 4.01A to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 4.01A. EXEMPTION. (a) A dealer, manufacturer, 1-9 distributor, converter, or representative in this state of an 1-10 ambulance, fire truck, rescue vehicle, or other emergency vehicle 1-11 is not: 1-12 (1) required to obtain from the commission a license 1-13 to engage in that business in this state; or 1-14 (2) bound by a restriction in this Act on the conduct 1-15 of that business. 1-16 (b) A person exempt from registration under Subsection (a) 1-17 shall comply with all other safety requirements required by federal 1-18 or state law before manufacturing, distributing, converting, or 1-19 acting as a representative for an ambulance, fire truck, rescue 1-20 vehicle, or other emergency vehicle in this state. 1-21 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.