86R12534 JRR-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3725
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of traffic laws by private institutions
of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 600.003, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 600.003. ENFORCEMENT OF [CERTAIN] TRAFFIC LAWS BY
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
SECTION 2. Section 600.003(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A private or independent institution of higher
education may enforce a traffic law of this state [under Chapter 545
restricting or prohibiting the operation or movement of vehicles]
on a road of the institution if:
(1) the road of the institution is open to the public
at the time the traffic law is enforced; and
(2) the governing body of the institution adopts a
regulation to enforce the traffic law[; and
[(3) the restriction or prohibition on the operation
and movement of vehicles adopted by the institution:
[(A) is posted by means of a sign, marking,
signal, or other device visible to and, if it contains writing, able
to be read by an operator of a vehicle to whom the restriction or
prohibition applies in the same manner as a similar restriction or
prohibition on the operation and movement of vehicles would be
posted by a municipality; and
[(B) has been approved by:
[(i) the commissioners court of the county
in which the applicable road of the institution is located, if the
road is located in the unincorporated area of a county; or
[(ii) the governing body of the
municipality in which the applicable road of the institution is
located, if the road is located in a municipality].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.