76R14157 DWS-F                           
         By Culberson                                          H.B. No. 2995
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2995:
         By Alexander                                      C.S.H.B. No. 2995
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to crossing an intersection in a vehicle.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
 1-5     is amended by adding Section 545.3021 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 545.3021.  ENTERING INTERSECTION.  An operator may not
 1-7     enter an intersection unless the operator can expect to exit the
 1-8     intersection without halting and impeding cross traffic.
 1-9           SECTION 2.  Sections 545.151(b), (d), and (e), Transportation
1-10     Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-11           (b)  An operator on a single-lane or two-lane street or
1-12     roadway who approaches an intersection that is not controlled by an
1-13     official traffic-control device, or that is controlled by a
1-14     traffic-control signal that is not operating, and that is located
1-15     on a divided highway or on a street or roadway divided into three
1-16     or more marked traffic lanes:
1-17                 (1)  shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
1-18     intersection to a vehicle on the other street or roadway that is
1-19     within the intersection or approaching the intersection in such
1-20     proximity as to be a hazard; and
1-21                 (2)  after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
1-22     can be safely entered without interference or collision with
1-23     traffic using a different street or roadway.
1-24           (d)  Except as provided in Subsection (e), an operator
 2-1     approaching an intersection of a street or roadway that is not
 2-2     controlled by an official traffic-control device, or that is
 2-3     controlled by a traffic-control signal that is not operating:
 2-4                 (1)  shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
 2-5     intersection to a vehicle that has entered the intersection from
 2-6     the operator's right or is approaching the intersection from the
 2-7     operator's right in a proximity that is a hazard; and
 2-8                 (2)  after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
 2-9     can be safely entered without interference or collision with
2-10     traffic using a different street or roadway.
2-11           (e)  An operator approaching an intersection of a street or
2-12     roadway from a street or roadway that terminates at the
2-13     intersection and that is not controlled by an official
2-14     traffic-control device or controlled as provided by Subsection (b)
2-15     or (c), or that is controlled by a traffic-control signal that is
2-16     not operating:
2-17                 (1)  shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
2-18     intersection to another vehicle that has entered the intersection
2-19     from the other street or roadway or is approaching the intersection
2-20     on the other street or roadway in a proximity that is a hazard; and
2-21                 (2)  after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
2-22     can be safely entered without interference or collision with the
2-23     traffic using the other street or roadway.
2-24           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-25           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-26     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-27     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 3-1     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 3-2     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.