Suspending limitations on conference committee
jurisdiction, S.B. 1513.
By ____________________ H.R. No. ____
74R14092 JD-D
R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
1-2 of Texas, 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995, That House Rule
1-3 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
1-4 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
1-5 resolve the differences on Senate Bill No. 1513 to consider and
1-6 take action on the following specific matter:
1-7 House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1) is suspended to permit the
1-8 committee to enact Sections 86(a)(4) and (5), Uniform Act
1-9 Regulating Traffic on Highways, to read as follows:
1-10 (4) a <(c) A> railroad engine approaching within
1-11 approximately fifteen hundred (1500) feet of the highway crossing
1-12 emits a signal audible from such distance and such engine by reason
1-13 of its speed or nearness to such crossing is an immediate hazard;
1-14 or
1-15 (5) an <(d) An> approaching railroad train is plainly
1-16 visible and <is> in hazardous proximity to such crossing.
1-17 Explanation: This action is necessary to protect the lives
1-18 of drivers of motor vehicles at certain railroad crossings in this
1-19 state.
1-20 ¯BEGCAPTIONÆ
1-21 Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B.
1-22 1513.
1-23 ¯ENDCAPTIONÆ