Texas Transportation Code
§ 544.0055 — TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL PREEMPTION DEVICE; OFFENSE
TN § 544.0055Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 544. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "traffic-control signal preemption device" means a device designed, intended, or used to interfere with or alter the operation of a traffic-control signal.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person commits an offense if the person uses, sells, offers for sale, purchases, or possesses for use or sale a traffic-control signal preemption device.
(c)The possession of a traffic-control signal preemption device creates the presumption that the person possessed the device for use or sale.
(d)An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(e)This section does not apply to:
(1)a person who provides fire-fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services in the course of providing those services;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 244 (H.B. 364), Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 2005.