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AN ACT
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relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.006(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) If a sidewalk is not provided, a pedestrian walking |
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along and on a highway shall [if possible] walk on [: |
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[(1)] the left side of the roadway [;] or |
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[(2)] the shoulder of the highway facing oncoming |
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traffic, unless the left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the |
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highway facing oncoming traffic is obstructed or unsafe. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1277 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1277 on May 19, 2023, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1277 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1277 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1277 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |