{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-542.501","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 542.501","heading":"OBEDIENCE REQUIRED TO POLICE OFFICERS, SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, AND ESCORT FLAGGERS.","body":"A person may not wilfully fail or refuse to comply with a lawful order or direction of:\n(1) a police officer;\n(2) a school crossing guard who:\n(A) is performing crossing guard duties in a school crosswalk to stop and yield to a pedestrian; or\n(B) has been trained under Section 600.004 and is directing traffic in a school crossing zone; or\n(3) an escort flagger who is directing or controlling the flow of traffic in accordance with a permit issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under Subtitle E for the movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle.\nActs 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129 (H.B. 2620), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 542. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER E. MISCELLANEOUS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.542.htm#542.501","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"a9595122354af1995a83929fb1a52806a9d2c0fcb5eaf8fdecec74b37bff2f00","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-542.4045","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-543.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}