81R3385 TRH-F | ||
By: Quintanilla | H.B. No. 805 |
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relating to the definition of a police vehicle for the purposes of | ||
certain traffic laws. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 541.201(13-a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(13-a) "Police vehicle" means a vehicle [ |
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by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, for law enforcement | ||
purposes that: | ||
(A) is owned or leased by a governmental entity; | ||
or | ||
(B) is: | ||
(i) a private vehicle owned or leased by the | ||
peace officer; and | ||
(ii) approved for use for law enforcement | ||
purposes by the head of the law enforcement agency that employs the | ||
peace officer, or by that person's designee. | ||
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, 2009. |