| 1 | 1 | | 86R14186 MP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 2159 |
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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 allowing operators of motor vehicles to treat a stop |
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| 8 | 8 | | sign as a yield sign at certain intersections. |
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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. Subchapter D, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 545.1531 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 545.1531. STOP SIGN CONSIDERED YIELD SIGN IN CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 13 | | CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) The provisions of Sections 544.010 and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 545.151(a) applicable to stop signs do not apply to the operator of |
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| 15 | 15 | | a vehicle approaching an intersection with a stop sign and no other |
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| 16 | 16 | | traffic-control signal or police officer directing traffic, if: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) no pedestrian is in the intersection; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) no vehicle on the other street or roadway is in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | intersection or approaching the intersection in such proximity as |
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| 20 | 20 | | to be a hazard. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) A person operating a vehicle and approaching an |
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| 22 | 22 | | intersection as described by Subsection (a) shall: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) when approaching the intersection, slow to a speed |
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| 24 | 24 | | that is reasonable under existing conditions, not to exceed 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | miles per hour; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) comply with the provisions of Section 545.153 |
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| 27 | 27 | | applicable to yield signs when approaching the intersection. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 29 | 29 | | an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 30 | 30 | | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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| 31 | 31 | | by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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| 32 | 32 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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| 33 | 33 | | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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| 34 | 34 | | this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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| 35 | 35 | | date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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