83R10340 JRR-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 1949
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to
alter speed limits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.353(h-2), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h-2) Notwithstanding Section 545.352(b), [as amended by
Chapters 663 (H.B. 385) and 739 (H.B. 1075), Acts of the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,] the commission shall [may]
establish a speed limit of [not to exceed] 85 miles per hour on a
part of the state highway system if:
(1) that part of the highway system is designed to
accommodate travel at that established speed or a higher speed; and
(2) the commission determines, after an engineering
and traffic investigation, that the established speed limit is
reasonable and safe for that part of the highway system.
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.