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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study conducted by the Texas Department of |
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Transportation regarding traffic-control signalization. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 544.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 544.013. STUDY. (a) The department shall conduct a |
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study regarding improvement of traffic-control signalization. |
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(b) In conducting the study, the department shall consider: |
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(1) methods to promote more efficient traffic flow, |
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including a reduction in vehicle idling time, by: |
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(A) synchronizing or eliminating traffic-control |
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signals; |
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(B) adopting smart light technologies, including |
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cameras; and |
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(C) adopting alternatives to red light signals; |
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(2) the funding sources available to municipalities |
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wishing to implement new traffic control programs; and |
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(3) the economic and environmental effects of idling |
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vehicles. |
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(c) The department may not spend more than $200,000 on the |
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study conducted under this section. |
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(d) Not later than December 1, 2010, the department shall |
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report the results of the study conducted under this section to the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the appropriate oversight committees of each |
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house of the legislature. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2011. |
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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. |