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1	1		By: Garcia S.B. No. 2103
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 28, 2017, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
4		-	May 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5		-	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 3, 2017, sent
6		-	to printer.)
7		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2103 By: Garcia
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10	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	5		AN ACT
12	6		relating to the authority of certain municipalities to alter prima
13	7		facie speed limits.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15		-	SECTION 1. ~~Sections~~ 545.356(b-1) ~~and (b-2)~~, Transportation
16		-	~~Code, are~~ amended to read as follows:
	9	+	SECTION 1. Section 545.356(b-1), Transportation Code, is
	10	+	amended to read as follows:
17	11		(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), the governing
18		-	body of a municipality, for a street [highway] or a part of a street
19		-	[highway] in the municipality that is not an officially designated
20		-	or marked street [highway] or road of the state highway system, may
21		-	declare a lower speed limit of not less than 20 [25] miles per hour,
22		-	if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on
23		-	the street [highway] is unreasonable or unsafe.
24		-	(b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies only to a two-lane,
25		-	undivided street [highway] or part of a street [highway].
	12	+	body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in the
	13	+	municipality that is not an officially designated or marked highway
	14	+	or road of the state highway system, may declare a lower speed limit
	15	+	of not less than 20 [25] miles per hour, if the governing body
	16	+	determines that the prima facie speed limit on the highway is
	17	+	unreasonable or unsafe.
26	18		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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