The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27] Page: 251 of 1,943
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FORTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE-FIFTH CALLED SESSION. 239
and an imperative necessity requiring the suspension of the
Constitutional Rule requiring the reading of Bills on three several
days in each House, and said Rule is hereby suspended and
this Act shall take effect from and after its passage and it is
so enacted.
Effective 90 days after adjournment.
[NOTE.-H. B. No. 120 passed the House by a viva voce vote;
passed the Senate by a viva voce vote. Was received in the Executive
Office March 20, 1930, and in the Department of State
March 27, 1930, without the Governor's signature.]
RELATING TO UNIFORMS OF TRAFFIC OFFICERS.
S. B. No. 88.] CHAPTER 76.
An Act amending Chapter 47, (Senate Bill No. 36) Acts of the Second
Called Session of the 41st Legislature, and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 47, (Senate Bill No. 36) Acts of
the Second Called Session of the 41st Legislature, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. No officer shall have authority to make any arrests
for violation of the laws of this State relating to the speed of
motor vehicles unless he is at the time of such arrest wearing
a uniform and badge clearly distinguishing him from ordinary
civilians or private citizens, and shall have no authority to
make any such arrests by designedly remaining in hiding or
lying in wait unobeserved in order to trap thoes suspected of
violating the speed laws in reference to motor vehicles. No
such officer, and no sheriff, constable, marshal, policeman, traffic
officer, or other officer shall be entitled to any fee for making
an arrest or serving a warrant of arrest or claim, demand or
receive any witness fee or commitment fee for an alleged violation
of any law of this State relative to such speeding. It shall
be the duty of the district or county attorney, as the case may
be, to dismiss any and all prosecutions wherein it is shown that
the arrest was made by designedly remaining in hiding or lying
in wait unobserved in order to trap those suspected of violating
such speed law, and this provision shall apply to such conduct
by any highway officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, marshal,
policeman, or any other officer of this State, or political
subdivision thereof, provided any officer pursuing or lying in
wait in any vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be held to be
designedly remaining in hiding as defined in this Act. Provided,
however, that the provision hereof pertaining to motor
equipment and uniform, shall not apply to an arrest made
within the incorporated limits of a city or town having a popu-
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1929-1931 [Volume 27], book, 1931; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16362/m1/251/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .