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| 1 | 1 | 85R12905 BEE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Watson S.B. No. 1351 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to allowing the placement and maintenance of | |
| 8 | 8 | traffic-control signals in municipalities to permit emergency | |
| 9 | 9 | vehicles to safely enter a highway. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Section 544.0025 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 544.0025. PLACING AND MAINTAINING SIGNAL FOR EMERGENCY | |
| 14 | 14 | VEHICLE ENTRY ONTO HIGHWAY IN A MUNICIPALITY. The manual and | |
| 15 | 15 | specifications adopted under Section 544.001 must provide for the | |
| 16 | 16 | placement and maintenance of a traffic-control signal as described | |
| 17 | 17 | by Section 544.007(a) that permits an emergency vehicle to safely | |
| 18 | 18 | enter a highway in a municipality at a location to be determined by | |
| 19 | 19 | the municipality. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |