By: Farney (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1607
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.)
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.
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