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By: Rodriguez (Senate Sponsor - Watson) |
H.B. No. 885 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2011; |
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April 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 9, 2011, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 9, 2011, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when certain |
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traffic-control signals do not display an indication. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 544.007, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (j) to read as |
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follows: |
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(i) An operator of a vehicle facing a traffic-control |
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signal, other than a freeway entrance ramp control signal or a |
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pedestrian hybrid beacon, that does not display an indication in |
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any of the signal heads shall stop as provided by Section 544.010 as |
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if the intersection had a stop sign. |
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(j) In this section: |
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(1) "Freeway entrance ramp control signal" means a |
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traffic-control signal that controls the flow of traffic entering a |
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freeway. |
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(2) "Pedestrian hybrid beacon" means a |
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pedestrian-controlled traffic-control signal that displays |
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different colored lights successively only when activated by a |
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pedestrian. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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