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.