| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Sections 544.007(b) and (c), Transportation |
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| 13 | | - | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | (b) An operator of a vehicle facing a circular green signal |
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| 15 | | - | may proceed straight or turn right or left unless a sign prohibits |
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| 16 | | - | the turn. The operator shall, while the signal is exhibited: |
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| 17 | | - | (1) yield the right-of-way to other vehicles [and to |
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| 18 | | - | pedestrians] lawfully in the intersection [or an adjacent |
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| 19 | | - | crosswalk] when the signal is exhibited; and |
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| 20 | | - | (2) stop and yield the right-of-way to pedestrians |
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| 21 | | - | lawfully in the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk. |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Section 544.007(c), Transportation Code, is |
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| 11 | + | amended to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 12 | | (c) An operator of a vehicle facing a green arrow signal, |
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| 23 | 13 | | displayed alone or with another signal, may cautiously enter the |
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| 24 | 14 | | intersection to move in the direction permitted by the arrow or |
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| 25 | 15 | | other indication shown simultaneously. The operator shall stop and |
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| 26 | 16 | | yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian lawfully in an adjacent |
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| 27 | 17 | | crosswalk and shall yield the right-of-way to other traffic |
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| 28 | 18 | | lawfully using the intersection. |
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| 29 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 552.002(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 30 | 20 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 21 | | (b) A pedestrian facing a "Walk" signal may proceed across a |
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| 32 | 22 | | roadway in the direction of the signal, and the operator of a |
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| 33 | 23 | | vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian. |
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| 34 | 24 | | SECTION 3. Sections 552.003(a) and (b), Transportation |
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| 35 | 25 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 36 | 26 | | (a) The operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the |
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| 37 | 27 | | right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if: |
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| 38 | 28 | | (1) no traffic control signal is in place or in |
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| 39 | 29 | | operation; and |
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| 40 | 30 | | (2) the pedestrian is: |
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| 41 | 31 | | (A) on the half of the roadway in which the |
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| 42 | 32 | | vehicle is traveling; or |
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| 43 | 33 | | (B) approaching so closely from the opposite half |
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| 44 | 34 | | of the roadway as to be in danger. |
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| 45 | 35 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a pedestrian may not |
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| 46 | 36 | | suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and proceed into a |
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| 47 | 37 | | crosswalk in the path of a vehicle so close that it is impossible |
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| 48 | 38 | | for the vehicle operator to stop and yield. |
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| 49 | 39 | | SECTION 4. Section 552.006(c), Transportation Code, is |
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| 50 | 40 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 51 | 41 | | (c) The operator of a vehicle emerging from or entering an |
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| 52 | 42 | | alley, building, or private road or driveway shall stop and yield |
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| 53 | 43 | | the right-of-way to a pedestrian approaching on a sidewalk |
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| 54 | 44 | | extending across the alley, building entrance or exit, road, or |
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| 55 | 45 | | driveway. |
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| 56 | 46 | | SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 57 | 47 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 58 | 48 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 59 | 49 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 60 | 50 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 61 | 51 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 62 | 52 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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| 63 | 53 | | committed before that date. |
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| 64 | 54 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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