{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.365","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.365","heading":"SPEED LIMIT EXCEPTION FOR EMERGENCIES; MUNICIPAL REGULATION.","body":"(a) The regulation of the speed of a vehicle under this subchapter does not apply to:\n(1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a call;\n(2) a police patrol; or\n(3) a physician or ambulance responding to an emergency call.\n(b) A municipality by ordinance may regulate the speed of:\n(1) an ambulance;\n(2) an emergency medical services vehicle; or\n(3) an authorized vehicle operated by a blood or tissue bank.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER H. SPEED RESTRICTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.365","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"b8e6fed8e73133e2f84a5b9c7ed1fd35892983c37db1b3e1fff8252020da9354","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.364","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}