83R6989 JRR-D By: Farney H.B. No. 1607 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to alter speed limits on county roads. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 545.355(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The commissioners court may not modify the rule established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of more than 70 [60] miles per hour. 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, 2013.