82R24839 MTB-D
 
  By: Garza H.B. No. 2596
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2596:
 
  By:  Bonnen C.S.H.B. No. 2596
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of local governments to enact and enforce
  certain traffic regulations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 228.057, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  The department may enter into an agreement with a local
  government regarding the use of a transponder issued by the
  department and the corresponding electronic toll collection
  customer account to pay for parking services offered by the local
  government at a facility established by the local government under
  Chapter 22.
         SECTION 2.  Section 311.001, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b), the governing
  body of a municipality may not, by ordinance, require a permit to
  park on a public street or alley of the municipality if the street
  or alley:
               (1)  is located within 1,000 feet of the corridor
  described by Section 3151.002(6), Government Code; and
               (2)  has a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or
  less.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 542, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 542.0075 to read as follows:
         Sec. 542.0075. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS: LOWERING OF SPEED LIMITS
  IN PRIVATE SUBDIVISION. On the request of all of the property owners
  adjacent to a privately maintained road located in a subdivision, a
  commissioners court of a county in which the road is located may set
  and enforce a speed limit of not less than 20 miles per hour on the
  road in the same manner as provided by Section 542.007.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 545.356(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b-1)  The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or
  a part of a highway in the municipality that is not an officially
  designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system,
  may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 20 [25] miles per
  hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed
  limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe.
         (b-2)  Subsection (b-1) applies only to a one-lane or 
  two-lane, undivided highway or part of a highway.
         SECTION 5.  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.