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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 81(R)

House Bill 2682

House Author:  Alvarado et al.

Effective:  6-19-09

Senate Sponsor:  Wentworth


            House Bill 2682 amends the Transportation Code to remove, in relation to a municipality's authority to declare a speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour for a highway or part of a highway in the municipality that is not a part of the state highway system, the condition that the highway be 35 feet or less in width and a highway along which vehicular parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the highway.  The bill specifies that the authority applies only to a two-lane, undivided highway or part of a highway.  The bill also establishes certain reporting and publication requirements for the governing body of a municipality that declares a lower speed limit on such a highway.