By: Thibaut H.B. No. 3082 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3082By: Nichols By: Nichols

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2009; May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the obstruction of streets by certain municipalities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 311.001, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b) or Section 311.007, before a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may install traffic calming measures within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must:

(1) publish standards and criteria, which must include sufficient notice to allow the governing body to receive and consider public comments from residents within one-half mile of the proposed traffic calming measure;

(2) on request of affected residents, schedule and hold a public meeting before implementation of the measure; and

(3) if the measure involves the closure of a street to motor vehicular traffic, before the closure:

(A) hold a public hearing on the issue of the closure; and

(B) approve the closure by a majority vote.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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