| TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate 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.), Conference Committee Report |
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 publish on its website and submit to the Texas Department of Transportation a report 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. The reporting and publication requirements would apply only to a municipality that alters a speed limit on our after the effective date of the provisions of the bill.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house; otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SZ, KJG, DB
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