78R5761 JRJ-F
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1527
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when a
traffic-control signal does not display an indication.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 544.007, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) An operator of a vehicle facing a traffic-control signal
that does not display any indication shall stop as provided by
Section 544.010 as if the intersection had a stop sign.
SECTION 2. Section 545.151(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An operator approaching an intersection:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
intersection:
(A) in obedience to an official traffic-control
device, including a stop sign or yield right-of-way sign; or
(B) if a traffic-control signal is present but
does not display any indication; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
can be safely entered without interference or collision with
traffic using a different street or roadway.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.