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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a municipality to lower the speed limit |
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on certain highways in the municipality. |
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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 and |
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that [,] is 35 feet or less in width, [and along which vehicular
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parking is not prohibited on one or both sides of the highway,] may |
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declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if |
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the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on |
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the highway is unreasonable or unsafe. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |