By Culberson                                          H.B. No. 2995
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                                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:
 1-8                 (1)  the intersection is not obstructed by a halted
 1-9     vehicle or other obstruction; and
1-10                 (2)  the operator can expect to exit the intersection
1-11     without halting.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-13           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.