| TO: | Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2682 by Alvarado (Relating to the authority of municipalities to alter speed limits.), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would amend Section 545.356 of the Transportation Code to remove certain restrictions currently in place as to where a municipality has the authority to declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour on certain types of highways in an urban district if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the highway in the municipality is unreasonable or unsafe.
The bill would require the governing body of a municipality that declares a lower speed limit on a highway or part of a highway under subsection (b-1), not later than February 1 of each year, to submit a report to the Texas Department of Transportation comparing statistics of each of the two previous calendar years for the number of traffic citations and warning citations issued and the number of vehicular accidents that resulted in injury or death and were attributable to speed limit violations on the highway or part of the highway.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SZ, KJG, DB
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