1-1 By: Martinez Fischer (Senate Sponsor - Madla) H.B. No. 2220
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
1-3 April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 25, 2001, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 25, 2001, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the authorized use of an unmarked vehicle by a
1-10 municipal employee to conduct a fraud investigation.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 721.005(a), Transportation Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 (a) The governing body of a municipality may exempt from the
1-15 requirements of Section 721.004:
1-16 (1) an automobile when used to perform an official
1-17 duty by a:
1-18 (A) [(1)] police department;
1-19 (B) [(2)] magistrate as defined by Article 2.09,
1-20 Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1-21 (C) [(3)] medical examiner; or
1-22 (2) an automobile used by a municipal employee only
1-23 when conducting an investigation involving suspected fraud or other
1-24 mismanagement within the municipality.
1-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-28 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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