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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to motor vehicle operation and accidents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 550.022(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If an accident occurs on a main lane, ramp, shoulder, |
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median, or adjacent area of a highway [freeway in a metropolitan
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area] and each vehicle involved can be normally and safely driven, |
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each operator shall move the operator's vehicle as soon as possible |
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to a designated accident investigation site, if available, a |
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location on the frontage road, the nearest suitable cross street, |
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or other suitable location to complete the requirements of Section |
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550.023 and minimize interference with [freeway] traffic. |
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SECTION 2. Section 550.062(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A law enforcement officer who in the regular course of |
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duty investigates a motor vehicle accident shall make a written |
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report of the accident if the accident resulted in injury to or the |
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death of a person or damage to the property of any one person to the |
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apparent extent of $5,000 [$1,000] or more. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |