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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on the sale or transfer of certain law |
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enforcement vehicles before removal of certain equipment and |
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insignia. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 2175, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2175.907 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2175.907. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE. |
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The commission or another state agency, including an agency |
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delegated the authority to dispose of surplus or salvage property |
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under Section 2175.065, may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car |
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or other law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the |
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state agency first removes any equipment or insignia that could |
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mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law |
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enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber |
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warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of |
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an emblem, and emergency vehicle equipment. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 341, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 341.9045 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.9045. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE. |
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A municipality may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other |
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municipal law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the |
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municipality first removes any equipment or insignia that could |
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mislead a reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law |
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enforcement motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber |
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warning light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of |
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an emblem, and emergency vehicle equipment. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter Z, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 351.905 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 351.905. SALE OR TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE. |
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A county may not sell or transfer a marked patrol car or other |
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county law enforcement motor vehicle to the public unless the |
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county first removes any equipment or insignia that could mislead a |
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reasonable person to believe that the vehicle is a law enforcement |
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motor vehicle, including any police light, siren, amber warning |
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light, spotlight, grill light, antenna, emblem, outline of an |
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emblem, and emergency vehicle equipment. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |