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