79R1171 JRJ-D

By:  Alonzo                                                       H.B. No. 1550



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to speed limits in certain areas.                                    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 545.352(b), Transportation Code, as 
amended by Chapters 663, 739, and 1346, Acts of the 76th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  Unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower 
speed for compliance with Section 545.351(b), the following speeds 
are lawful:
		(1)  in [30 miles per hour in] an urban district:
			(A)  [on a street other than an alley and] 15 miles 
per hour in an alley;
			(B)  20 miles per hour in a residence district; 
and                 
			(C)  30 miles per hour on a street other than an 
alley or in a residence district;
		(2)  70 miles per hour in daytime and 65 miles per hour 
in nighttime if the vehicle is on a highway numbered by this state 
or the United States outside an urban district, including a 
farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road, except as provided by 
Subdivision (4);
		(3)  60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per hour 
in nighttime if the vehicle is on a highway that is outside an urban 
district and not a highway numbered by this state or the United 
States;
		(4)  outside an urban district:                                               
			(A)  60 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school 
bus that has passed a commercial motor vehicle inspection under 
Section 548.201 and is on a highway numbered by the United States or 
this state, including a farm-to-market road;
			(B)  50 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school 
bus that:                
				(i)  has not passed a commercial motor 
vehicle inspection under Section 548.201; or
				(ii)  is traveling on a highway not numbered 
by the United States or this state; or
			(C)  60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per 
hour in nighttime if:   
				(i)  the vehicle is a truck, other than a 
light truck, or if the vehicle is a truck tractor, trailer, or 
semitrailer; and
				(ii)  the vehicle is on a farm-to-market or 
ranch-to-market road;         
		(5)  on a beach, 15 miles per hour; or                                        
		(6)  on a county road adjacent to a public beach, 15 
miles per hour, if declared by the commissioners court of the 
county.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.