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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