Amend CSHB 473 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTIONS 2 and 3 of the bill (page 2, line 3 through page 3, line 9).
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 2175.304, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Section 2175.908 applies to a university system or institution or agency of higher education included within the definition of "state agency" under Section 2151.002.
SECTION ____. Chapter 272, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 272.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 272.006. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE. (a) In this section, "political subdivision" means a county, municipality, school district, junior college district, other special district, or other subdivision of state government.
(b) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the political subdivision first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an emblem, or emergency vehicle equipment.
(c) A political subdivision may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other political subdivision law enforcement motor vehicle to a security services contractor who is regulated by the Department of Public Safety and licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, unless each emblem or insignia that identifies the vehicle as a law enforcement motor vehicle is removed before the sale or transfer.