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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority to lower certain speed limits by local |
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governments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 542.0075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.0075. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS: LOWERING OF SPEED LIMITS |
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IN PRIVATE SUBDIVISION. On the request of all of the property owners |
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adjacent to a privately maintained road located in a subdivision, a |
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commissioners court of a county in which the road is located may set |
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and enforce a speed limit of not less than 20 miles per hour on the |
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road in the same manner as provided by Section 542.007. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 545.356(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or |
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a part of a highway in the municipality that is not an officially |
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designated or marked highway or road of the state highway system, |
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may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 20 [25] miles per |
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hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed |
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limit on the highway is unreasonable or unsafe. |
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(b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies only to a one-lane or |
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two-lane, undivided highway or part of a highway. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |