By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1013
(In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2025; February 24, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 3, 2025, rereferred to Committee on Transportation;
April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a crosswalk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 541.302(2), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Crosswalk" means:
(A) the portion of a roadway, including an
intersection, designated as a pedestrian crossing by surface
markings, including lines; [or]
(B) the portion of a roadway at an intersection
that is within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks
on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the
absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; or
(C) where sidewalks run parallel to a roadway and
are interrupted by a driveway, the portion of the driveway that is
within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on
opposite sides of the driveway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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