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	Amend CSSB 11 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to ARTICLE 4 of the bill and renumbering subsequent 
SECTIONS of that article accordingly:
	SECTION 4.____.  Section 228.054(a), Transportation Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the operator of a 
vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined by 
Section 541.201, that is driven or towed through a toll collection 
facility shall pay the proper toll.  The exemption from payment of a 
toll for an authorized emergency vehicle applies regardless of 
whether the vehicle is:
		(1)  responding to an emergency;                                       
		(2)  displaying a flashing light; or                                   
		(3)  marked as an emergency vehicle.                                   
	SECTION 4.____.  Section 284.070, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  An authorized emergency vehicle, as defined by Section 
541.201, is exempt from payment of a toll imposed under this chapter 
regardless of whether the vehicle is:
		(1)  responding to an emergency;                                       
		(2)  displaying a flashing light; or                                   
		(3)  marked as an emergency vehicle.                                   
	SECTION 4.____.  Section 366.178(a), Transportation Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A motor vehicle other than an authorized emergency 
vehicle, as defined by Section 541.201, [a police or emergency 
vehicle] that passes through a toll collection facility, whether 
driven or towed, shall pay the proper toll.  The exemption from 
payment of a toll for an authorized emergency vehicle applies 
regardless of whether the vehicle is:
		(1)  responding to an emergency;                                       
		(2)  displaying a flashing light; or                                   
		(3)  marked as a police or emergency vehicle.                          
	SECTION 4.____.  Section 370.177(a), Transportation Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the operator of 
a vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle as defined by 
Section 541.201, that is driven or towed through a toll collection 
facility of a turnpike project shall pay the proper toll.  The 
operator of a vehicle who drives or tows a vehicle through a toll 
collection facility and does not pay the proper toll commits an 
offense.  An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor 
punishable by a fine not to exceed $250.  The exemption from payment 
of a toll for an authorized emergency vehicle applies regardless of 
whether the vehicle is:
		(1)  responding to an emergency;                                       
		(2)  displaying a flashing light; or                                   
		(3)  marked as an emergency vehicle.                                   
	SECTION 4.____.  Section 541.201, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subdivision (13-a) to read as follows:
		(13-a)  "Police vehicle" means a vehicle of a 
governmental entity primarily used by a peace officer, as defined 
by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, for law enforcement 
purposes.