2005 Texas Transportation Code CHAPTER 600. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

TRANSPORTATION CODE

CHAPTER 600. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.           


	§ 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, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.