86R14186 MP-F
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 2159
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to allowing operators of motor vehicles to treat a stop
sign as a yield sign at certain intersections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.1531 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.1531. STOP SIGN CONSIDERED YIELD SIGN IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) The provisions of Sections 544.010 and
545.151(a) applicable to stop signs do not apply to the operator of
a vehicle approaching an intersection with a stop sign and no other
traffic-control signal or police officer directing traffic, if:
(1) no pedestrian is in the intersection; and
(2) no vehicle on the other street or roadway is in the
intersection or approaching the intersection in such proximity as
to be a hazard.
(b) A person operating a vehicle and approaching an
intersection as described by Subsection (a) shall:
(1) when approaching the intersection, slow to a speed
that is reasonable under existing conditions, not to exceed 10
miles per hour; and
(2) comply with the provisions of Section 545.153
applicable to yield signs when approaching the intersection.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that
date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.