81R27494 JAM-D
By: Alvarado, Guillen, McClendon, Merritt H.B. No. 2682
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2682:
By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 2682
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of municipalities to alter speed limits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 545.356(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b-1) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the]
governing body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a
highway in an urban district in the municipality that is not an
officially designated or marked highway or road of the state
highway system, [is 35 feet or less in width, and along which
vehicular parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the
highway,] may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles
per hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie
speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe.
(b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies only [does not apply] to a
two-lane, undivided highway or part of a highway that is abutted
solely by residential property [has four or more lanes used for
vehicular travel].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.