79R7809 DWS-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 3341



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to restriction of use of certain highway lanes.                      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 545.0651(a)(2), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
		(2)  "Highway" means a public highway that:                                   
			(A)  is in the designated state highway system; 
and                 
			(B)  [is designated a controlled access facility;  
and    
			[(C)] has a minimum of three travel lanes, 
excluding access or frontage roads, in each direction of traffic 
that may be part of a single roadway or may be separate roadways 
that are constructed as an upper and lower deck.
	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.