By: Wentworth S.R. No. 1082
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on
House Bill No. 2682 (the authority of municipalities to alter
speed limits) to consider and take action on the following
matter:
Senate Rule 12.03(1), is suspended to permit the committee
to change text not in disagreement in SECTION 1 of the bill, in
Subsections (b-1) and (b-2), Section 545.356, 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.
________________________________
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on June 1, 2009.
________________________________
Secretary of the Senate