Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 217 amends the Transportation Code to authorize the governing body of certain municipalities to extend any traffic rule applicable to a road owned by a municipality, or a county in which the municipality is located, to a subdivision in which the roads are privately owned or maintained and that is located in a municipality with a population of 300 or more. The bill provides that the governing body may extend the traffic rules only if petitioned by 25 percent of the property owners residing in the subdivision or if requested by the governing body of the entity that maintains the roads. A municipality may require the owners of property in the subdivision to pay all or part of the cost of extending and enforcing the traffic rules in the subdivision, including the costs associated with the placement of traffic control devices.