S.B. No. 1917

	AN ACT
	relating to the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subdivision (1), Section 541.201,
	Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(1)  "Authorized emergency vehicle" means:
	(A)  a fire department or police vehicle;
	(B)  a public or private ambulance operated by a
	person who has been issued a license by the [Texas] Department of
	State Health Services;
	(C)  a municipal department or public service
	corporation emergency vehicle that has been designated or
	authorized by the governing body of a municipality;
	(D)  a private vehicle of a volunteer firefighter
	or a certified emergency medical services employee or volunteer
	when responding to a fire alarm or medical emergency;
	(E)  an industrial emergency response vehicle,
	including an industrial ambulance, when responding to an emergency,
	but only if the vehicle is operated in compliance with criteria in
	effect September 1, 1989, and established by the predecessor of the
	Texas Industrial Emergency Services Board of the State Firemen's
	and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas;
	(F)  a vehicle of a blood bank or tissue bank,
	accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the United
	States, when making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs,
	medicines, or organs; [or]
	(G)  a vehicle used for law enforcement purposes
	that is owned or leased by a federal governmental entity; or
	(H)  a private vehicle of an employee or volunteer
	of a county emergency management division in a county with a
	population of more than 46,500 and less than 48,000 that is
	designated as an authorized emergency vehicle by the commissioners
	court of that county.
	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, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1917 passed the Senate on
	May 15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1917 passed the House on
	May 22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor