87R1691 JTS-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 761
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a public transit motor bus by certain
mass transit entities on an improved shoulder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.058(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A limitation in this section on driving on an improved
shoulder does not apply to:
(1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a
call;
(2) a police patrol;
(3) a bicycle; [or]
(4) a slow-moving vehicle, as defined by Section
547.001; or
(5) a public transit motor bus of a mass transit entity
operating under Subtitle K, Title 6, if the motor bus is:
(A) operating within the boundaries of a
metropolitan planning organization in which:
(i) at least five counties are located; and
(ii) the two counties with the largest
populations are part of a regional mobility authority governed by
Chapter 370; and
(B) bypassing traffic on a highway that is under
construction by operating on a shoulder designated by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.