| 1 | 1 | | 81R3969 JAM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ogden S.B. No. 558 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the designation of highway safety corridors; providing |
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| 8 | 8 | | penalties. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 201.905, Transportation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 201.905. TRAFFIC SAFETY SIGNS; SAFETY CORRIDOR. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Section 201.905, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to |
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| 15 | 15 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The department may designate a portion of a roadway |
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| 17 | 17 | | containing a site described in Subsection (a) as a highway safety |
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| 18 | 18 | | corridor. The department shall erect a sign at each end of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | corridor and at appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) indicating that it is a highway safety corridor; |
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| 21 | 21 | | and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) stating "Fines double: highway safety corridor." |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The department may include the information described in |
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| 24 | 24 | | Subsections (a) and (b) on the same sign. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) A program under this section may also include literature |
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| 26 | 26 | | distributed to the public by the department. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, |
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| 28 | 28 | | is amended by adding Section 542.4045 to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 542.4045. FINE FOR OFFENSE IN HIGHWAY SAFETY |
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| 30 | 30 | | CORRIDOR. (a) If an offense under this subtitle, other than an |
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| 31 | 31 | | offense under Chapter 548 or 552 or Section 545.412 or 545.413, is |
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| 32 | 32 | | committed in a highway safety corridor: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) the minimum fine applicable to the offense is |
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| 34 | 34 | | twice the minimum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it |
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| 35 | 35 | | were committed outside a highway safety corridor; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (2) the maximum fine applicable to the offense is |
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| 37 | 37 | | twice the maximum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it |
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| 38 | 38 | | were committed outside a highway safety corridor. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) In this section, "highway safety corridor" has the |
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| 40 | 40 | | meaning assigned by Section 201.905. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 42 | 42 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 43 | 43 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 44 | 44 | | covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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| 45 | 45 | | of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 46 | 46 | | purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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| 47 | 47 | | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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| 48 | 48 | | was committed before that date. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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