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Transportation Code 542.501 on 1/29/2015

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Text of section effective until September 01, 2019
Sec. 542.501.  OBEDIENCE REQUIRED TO POLICE OFFICERS AND TO SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS.  A person may not wilfully fail or refuse to comply with a lawful order or direction of:
(1)  a police officer;  or
(2)  a school crossing guard who:
(A)  is performing crossing guard duties in a school crosswalk to stop and yield to a pedestrian;  or
(B)  has been trained under Section 600.004 and is directing traffic in a school crossing zone.


Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 724, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.