S.B. No. 866




AN ACT

relating to the operation of authorized emergency vehicles 
conducting a police escort.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 546.002, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  In this section, "police escort" means facilitating the 
movement of a funeral, oversized or hazardous load, or other 
traffic disruption for public safety purposes by a peace officer 
described by Articles 2.12(1)-(4), (8), and (22), Code of Criminal 
Procedure.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 866 passed the Senate on 
April 7, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 866 passed the House on 
May 25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two 
present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor