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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of highway safety corridors; providing |
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penalties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 201.905, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.905. TRAFFIC SAFETY SIGNS; SAFETY CORRIDOR. |
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SECTION 2. Section 201.905, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The department may designate a portion of a roadway |
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containing a site described in Subsection (a) as a highway safety |
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corridor. The department shall erect a sign at each end of the |
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corridor and at appropriate intermediate sites along the corridor: |
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(1) indicating that it is a highway safety corridor; |
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and |
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(2) stating "Fines double: highway safety corridor." |
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(c) The department may include the information described in |
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Subsections (a) and (b) on the same sign. |
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(d) A program under this section may also include literature |
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distributed to the public by the department. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 542.4045 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.4045. FINE FOR OFFENSE IN HIGHWAY SAFETY |
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CORRIDOR. (a) If an offense under this subtitle, other than an |
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offense under Chapter 548 or 552 or Section 545.412 or 545.413, is |
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committed in a highway safety corridor: |
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(1) the minimum fine applicable to the offense is |
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twice the minimum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it |
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were committed outside a highway safety corridor; and |
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(2) the maximum fine applicable to the offense is |
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twice the maximum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it |
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were committed outside a highway safety corridor. |
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(b) In this section, "highway safety corridor" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 201.905. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |