H.B. No. 1263
AN ACT
relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school
crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses
located in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) A local authority's standards, policies, orders,
ordinances, regulations, or other measures that designate a school
crossing zone or school crosswalk must include a high school campus
that is located in a municipality with a population of two million
or more.
(e) On request of an administrator of a high school campus
described by Subsection (d), a local authority shall determine the
components, including any engineering report, necessary to
designate a school crossing zone or school crosswalk at the campus
and shall make the designation. This subsection does not apply to a
high school campus undergoing major expansion or new construction
that requires the preparation of a traffic impact analysis as part
of the permitting process.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2023, a local
authority described by Section 542.203(d), Transportation Code, as
added by this Act, shall:
(1) update all applicable school zone standards,
policies, orders, ordinances, and regulations to comply with that
section; and
(2) post the updates described by Subdivision (1) of
this section on a publicly accessible Internet website with clear
instructions describing the process by which a designation request
may be made under Section 542.203(e), Transportation Code, as added
by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1263 was passed by the House on April
13, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 7, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1263 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1263 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor