79R7490 JRJ-D
By: Whitmire S.B. No. 1061
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation
to review certain traffic programs of local authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.203(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Unless permitted by agreement between the local
authority and the Texas Department of Transportation under Section
221.002, a [A] local authority may not:
(1) erect or maintain a traffic-control device to
direct the traffic on a state highway, including a farm-to-market
or ranch-to-market road, to stop or yield before entering or
crossing an intersecting highway; or
(2) establish a transportation or mobility
enhancement program on a state highway, including a farm-to-market
or ranch-to-market road, such as a program by which the
municipality receives revenue for towing of vehicles located on the
highway [unless permitted by agreement between the local authority
and the Texas Department of Transportation under Section 221.002].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.