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| 1 | 1 | 81R17806 TRH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 2477 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a municipality to lower the speed limit | |
| 8 | 8 | on certain highways in the municipality. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 545.356(b-1), Transportation Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the governing | |
| 13 | 13 | body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in an | |
| 14 | 14 | urban district in the municipality that is not an officially | |
| 15 | 15 | designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system and | |
| 16 | 16 | that [,] is 35 feet or less in width, [and along which vehicular | |
| 17 | 17 | parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the highway,] may | |
| 18 | 18 | declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if | |
| 19 | 19 | the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on | |
| 20 | 20 | the highway is unreasonable or unsafe. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |