H.B. No. 885

AN ACT

relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when certain traffic-control signals do not display an indication.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 544.007, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(i) An operator of a vehicle facing a traffic-control signal, other than a freeway entrance ramp control signal or a pedestrian hybrid beacon, that does not display an indication in any of the signal heads shall stop as provided by Section 544.010 as if the intersection had a stop sign.

(j) In this section:

(1) "Freeway entrance ramp control signal" means a traffic-control signal that controls the flow of traffic entering a freeway.

(2) "Pedestrian hybrid beacon" means a pedestrian-controlled traffic-control signal that displays different colored lights successively only when activated by a pedestrian.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 885 was passed by the House on March 30, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 885 was passed by the Senate on May 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 .

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor