By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 866


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.