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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of municipalities to alter speed limits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.356(b-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the governing |
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body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in an |
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urban district in the municipality that is not an officially |
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designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system, |
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[is 35 feet or less in width, and along which vehicular parking is
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not prohibited on one or both sides of the highway,] may declare a |
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lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if the |
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governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the |
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highway is unreasonable or unsafe. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |