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By: Alvarado, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) |
H.B. No. 2682 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2009; |
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May 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 23, 2009, reported |
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adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following |
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vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2682 |
By: Wentworth |
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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, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) and adding Subsection (d) |
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to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b-2), the] |
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governing body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a |
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highway in an urban district in the municipality that is not an |
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officially designated or marked highway or road of the state |
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highway system, [is 35 feet or less in width, and along which
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vehicular parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the
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highway,] may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles |
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per hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie |
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speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe. |
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(b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies only [does not apply] to a |
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two-lane, undivided highway or part of a highway that is abutted |
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solely by residential property [has four or more lanes used for
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vehicular travel]. |
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(d) The governing body of a municipality that declares a |
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lower speed limit on a highway or part of a highway under Subsection |
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(b-1), not later than February 1 of each year, shall publish on its |
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Internet website and submit to the department a report that |
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compares for each of the two previous calendar years: |
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(1) the number of traffic citations issued by peace |
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officers of the municipality and the alleged speed of the vehicles, |
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for speed limit violations on the highway or part of the highway; |
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(2) the number of warning citations issued by peace |
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officers of the municipality on the highway or part of the highway; |
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and |
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(3) the number of vehicular accidents that resulted in |
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injury or death and were attributable to speed limit violations on |
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the highway or part of the highway. |
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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. |
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