By Martinez Fischer                                   H.B. No. 2220
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authorized use of an unmarked vehicle by a
 1-3     municipal employee to conduct a fraud investigation.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 721.005(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The governing body of a municipality may exempt from the
 1-8     requirements of Section 721.004:
 1-9                 (1)  an automobile when used to perform an official
1-10     duty by a:
1-11                       (A) [(1)]  police department;
1-12                       (B) [(2)]  magistrate as defined by Article 2.09,
1-13     Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1-14                       (C) [(3)]  medical examiner; or
1-15                 (2)  an automobile used by a municipal employee
1-16     conducting an investigation involving suspected fraud or other
1-17     mismanagement within the municipality.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-23                          COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
1-24           Amend H.B. No. 2220 on page 1, line 15 immediately after
 2-1     "employee", by adding the following:  only when.
 2-2                                                               Callegari