H.R. No. 2950
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 2682 (the authority of
municipalities to alter speed limits) to consider and take action
on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in SECTION 1 of the
bill, in Sections 545.356(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation Code, 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 has four or
more lanes used for vehicular travel].
Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify the type of
highway to which a municipality's authority to alter the speed
limit applies.
Alvarado
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2950 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House