1. (a) The following vehicles, in no specific order of priority, shall have priority over all other vehicles in boarding a ferry:

   1. (1) ambulances when transporting sick or injured persons, or when responding to or returning from medical emergencies;
   2. (2) other vehicles transporting sick or injured persons;
   3. (3) fire department vehicles when responding to or returning from fire or medical emergencies;
   4. (4) medical doctors who are enroute for the emergency care of the sick or injured;
   5. (5) law enforcement officers when engaged in the performance of an official duty;
   6. (6) U.S. Coast Guard vehicles when responding to or returning from marine emergencies;
   7. (7) school buses when going to or returning from school functions; and
   8. (8) funeral processions.
2. (b) Vehicles that do not qualify as one of the vehicles described in subsection (a) of this section shall have no priority over each other unless the ferry captain or ferry operations manager, at his or her sole discretion, allows priority boarding for humanitarian purposes.

Source Note:The provisions of this §29.48 adopted to be effective November 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 10145.