89R23905 AJZ-D     By: LaHood, Anchía, Lopez of Bexar, H.B. No. 4176       Louderback, Morgan       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the investigation of certain motor vehicle collisions   by former peace officers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 550.041, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 550.041.  INVESTIGATION BY PEACE OFFICER OR DESIGNEE OF   LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.          SECTION 2.  Section 550.041, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  A former peace officer who is designated by a law   enforcement agency and who has successfully completed a training   program on investigating motor vehicle collisions approved by the   Texas Commission on Law Enforcement may investigate a motor vehicle   collision, without regard to whether the collision occurred on   property to which this chapter applies, if:                (1)  no offense was committed during the collision; and                (2)  no injury or death of a person occurred as a result   of the collision.          SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 550.062, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 550.062.  OFFICER'S OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY   DESIGNEE'S COLLISION REPORT.          SECTION 4.  Section 550.062, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b), (b-1), and   (c) to read as follows:          (a-1)  A former peace officer who is designated by a law   enforcement agency to investigate a motor vehicle collision in   accordance with Section 550.041(c) shall make a written report   summarizing the findings of the investigation.          (b)  The report required by Subsection (a) or (a-1) must be   filed electronically with the department not later than the 10th   day after the date of the collision.          (b-1)  If the motor vehicle collision involved a combination   of vehicles operating under a permit issued under Section 623.402,   the report required by Subsection (a) or (a-1) must include the   weight and the number of axles of the vehicle combination.          (c)  This section applies without regard to whether the   officer or former peace officer designated by a law enforcement   agency, as applicable, investigates the collision at the location   of the collision and immediately after the collision or afterwards   by interviewing those involved in the collision or witnesses to the   collision.          SECTION 5.  Section 550.068, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 550.068.  CHANGING COLLISION REPORT.  (a)  Except as   provided by Subsection (b), a change in or a modification of a   written report of a motor vehicle collision prepared by a peace   officer or former peace officer designated by a law enforcement   agency that alters a material fact in the report may be made only by   the peace officer or former peace officer, as applicable, who   prepared the report.          (b)  A change in or a modification of the written report of   the collision may be made by a person other than the peace officer   or former peace officer, as applicable, who prepared the report if:                (1)  the change is made by a written supplement to the   report; and                (2)  the written supplement clearly indicates the name   of the person who originated the change.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.