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| 2 | 2 | | By: Farrar H.B. No. 3901 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of counties and municipalities to lower |
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| 8 | 8 | | speed limits on certain highways. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 545.355(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The commissioners court of a county may declare a lower |
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| 13 | 13 | | speed limit of not less than: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) 30 miles per hour on a county road or highway to |
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| 15 | 15 | | which this section applies, if the commissioners court determines |
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| 16 | 16 | | that the prima facie speed limit on the road or highway is |
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| 17 | 17 | | unreasonable or unsafe; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) 10 [20] miles per hour in a residence district, |
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| 19 | 19 | | unless the roadway has been designated as a major thoroughfare by a |
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| 20 | 20 | | municipal [city] planning commission. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 545.356(b-1), Transportation Code, is |
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| 22 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), the governing |
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| 24 | 24 | | body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in the |
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| 25 | 25 | | municipality that is not an officially designated or marked highway |
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| 26 | 26 | | or road of the state highway system, may declare a lower speed limit |
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| 27 | 27 | | of not less than: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) 25 miles per hour for a two-lane, undivided |
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| 29 | 29 | | highway or part of a highway, if the governing body determines that |
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| 30 | 30 | | the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or |
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| 31 | 31 | | unsafe; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) 10 miles per hour in a residence district, unless |
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| 33 | 33 | | the roadway has been designated as a major thoroughfare by a |
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| 34 | 34 | | municipal planning commission. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. Section 545.356(b-2), Transportation Code, is |
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| 36 | 36 | | repealed. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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