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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the speed limits on a highway adjacent to a park or |
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recreational area. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.352(b), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 663, 739, and 1346, Acts of the 76th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower |
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speed for compliance with Section 545.351(b), the following speeds |
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are lawful: |
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(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district on a street |
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other than an alley and 15 miles per hour in an alley; |
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(2) 70 miles per hour in daytime and 65 miles per hour |
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in nighttime if the vehicle is on a highway numbered by this state |
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or the United States outside an urban district, including a |
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farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road, except as provided by |
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Subdivision (4); |
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(3) 60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per hour |
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in nighttime if the vehicle is on a highway that is outside an urban |
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district and not a highway numbered by this state or the United |
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States; |
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(4) outside an urban district: |
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(A) 60 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school |
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bus that has passed a commercial motor vehicle inspection under |
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Section 548.201 and is on a highway numbered by the United States or |
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this state, including a farm-to-market road; |
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(B) 50 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school |
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bus that: |
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(i) has not passed a commercial motor |
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vehicle inspection under Section 548.201; or |
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(ii) is traveling on a highway not numbered |
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by the United States or this state; or |
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(C) 60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per |
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hour in nighttime if: |
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(i) the vehicle is a truck, other than a |
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light truck, or [if] the vehicle is a truck tractor, trailer, or |
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semitrailer; and |
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(ii) the vehicle is on a farm-to-market or |
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ranch-to-market road; |
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(5) on a beach, 15 miles per hour; [or] |
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(6) on a county road adjacent to a public beach, 15 |
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miles per hour, if declared by the commissioners court of the |
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county; or |
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(7) on a highway adjacent to land designated by the |
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Parks and Wildlife Department or any political subdivision in the |
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state as a park or recreational area, 20 miles per hour. |
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SECTION 2. Section 708.052(d), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the department may not |
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assign points to a person's driver's license if the offense of which |
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the person was convicted is the offense of speeding and the person |
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was at the time of the offense driving less than 10 percent faster |
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than the posted speed limit. This subsection does not apply to an |
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offense committed: |
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(1) in a school crossing zone as defined by Section |
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541.302; or |
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(2) on a highway described by Section 545.352(b)(7). |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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708.052(d) applies to an offense committed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the |
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effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the |
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offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was |
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committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of |
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the offense was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |