By: Landgraf (Senate Sponsor - Sparks) H.B. No. 64
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2023;
  May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
  Justice; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the peace officers authorized to operate an authorized
  emergency vehicle used to conduct a police escort.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 546.002(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "police escort" means facilitating the
  movement of a funeral, oversized or hazardous load, or other
  traffic disruption for public safety purposes by a peace officer
  described by Articles 2.12(1)-(4), (8), (12), (17)(B), and (22),
  Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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