Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2102 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/10/2017

                    85R9067 JAM-D
 By: Garcia S.B. No. 2102


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the authority of certain municipalities to lower speed
 limits on certain highways.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 545.356(b-2), Transportation Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (b-2)  Subsection (b-1) applies only to:
 (1)  a two-lane, undivided highway or part of a
 highway; or
 (2)  a highway or street, other than an alley, in a
 municipality with a population of 130,000 or more.
 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, 2017.