79R12221 DWS-D


By:  Gallego                                                      H.B. No. 2257



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the speed limit on certain highways in rural counties.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 545.353, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (h-1) and amending Subsection (i) to read as 
follows:
	(h-1)  Notwithstanding Section 545.352(b), the commission 
may establish a speed limit of 80 miles per hour in daytime on a part 
of Interstate Highway 10 or Interstate Highway 20 in Crockett, 
Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Pecos, Reeves, 
Sutton, or Ward County if  the commission determines that 80 miles 
per hour in daytime is a reasonable and safe speed for that part of 
the highway.
	(i)  The speed limits [limit] authorized by Subsections 
[Subsection] (h) and (h-1) do [does] not apply to:
		(1)  trucks, other than light trucks and light trucks 
pulling a trailer; and
		(2)  truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers.                              
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.