CHAPTER 600. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS - Texas Statutes

TRANSPORTATION CODE

TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD

CHAPTER 600. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 600.001. REMOVING MATERIAL FROM HIGHWAY. (a) A person who

drops or permits to be dropped or thrown on a highway destructive

or injurious material shall immediately remove the material or

cause it to be removed.

(b) A person who removes a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a

highway shall remove glass or another injurious substance dropped

on the highway from the vehicle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 600.002. IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR VEHICLE NEAR MEXICAN

BORDER. On demand of a peace officer within 250 feet of the

Mexican border at a checkpoint authorized by Section 411.0095,

Government Code, as added by Chapter 497, Acts of the 73rd

Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, the driver of a vehicle shall

produce a driver's license and proof of compliance with Chapter

601.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 600.003. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC LAWS BY PRIVATE

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "private

or independent institution of higher education" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.003(15), Education Code.

(b) A private or independent institution of higher education may

enforce a traffic law of this state under Chapter 545 restricting

or prohibiting the operation or movement of vehicles on a road of

the institution if:

(1) the road of the institution is open to the public at the

time the traffic law is enforced;

(2) the governing body of the institution adopts a regulation to

enforce the traffic law; and

(3) the restriction or prohibition on the operation and movement

of vehicles adopted by the institution:

(A) is posted by means of a sign, marking, signal, or other

device visible to and, if it contains writing, able to be read by

an operator of a vehicle to whom the restriction or prohibition

applies in the same manner as a similar restriction or

prohibition on the operation and movement of vehicles would be

posted by a municipality; and

(B) has been approved by:

(i) the commissioners court of the county in which the

applicable road of the institution is located, if the road is

located in the unincorporated area of a county; or

(ii) the governing body of the municipality in which the

applicable road of the institution is located, if the road is

located in a municipality.

(c) Campus security personnel of the institution commissioned

under Section 51.212, Education Code, are authorized to enforce

the provisions of this section and have the authority to issue

and use traffic tickets and summons in a form prescribed by the

Texas Department of Public Safety to enforce this chapter only on

the property of the institution that commissioned the campus

security personnel under Section 51.212, Education Code.

(d) The same procedures that apply to a traffic ticket or

summons by a commissioned peace officer of an institution of

higher education under Sections 51.206 and 51.210, Education

Code, also apply to a ticket or summons issued under this

section.

(e) The governing body of the municipality or the commissioners

court of the county that approves the enforcement of traffic laws

under Subsection (b) shall also determine the disposition of

funds collected under this section from any fees or fines from

the enforcement of a traffic law of this state.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 620, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 600.004. TRAINING OF SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD. (a) A local

authority may authorize a school crossing guard to direct traffic

in a school crossing zone if the guard successfully completes a

training program in traffic direction as defined by the basic

peace officer course curriculum established by the Commission on

Law Enforcement Standards and Education.

(b) A school crossing guard trained under this section:

(1) is not a peace officer; and

(2) may not carry a weapon while directing traffic in a school

crossing zone.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 724, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30,

1999.