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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prima facie speed limits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.352(b), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 663 (H.B. 385), 739 (H.B. 1075), and 1346 (H.B. |
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676), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is |
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reenacted to read as follows: |
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(b) Unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower |
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speed for compliance with Section 545.351(b), the following speeds |
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are lawful: |
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(1) 30 miles per hour in an urban district on a street |
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other than an alley and 15 miles per hour in an alley; |
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(2) 70 miles per hour in daytime and 65 miles per hour |
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in nighttime if the vehicle is a passenger car, motorcycle, |
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passenger car or light truck towing a trailer bearing a vessel, as |
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defined by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code, that is less |
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than 26 feet in length, passenger car or light truck towing a |
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trailer or semitrailer used primarily to transport a motorcycle, or |
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passenger car or light truck towing a trailer or semitrailer |
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designed and used primarily to transport dogs or livestock, on a |
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highway numbered by this state or the United States outside an urban |
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district, including a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road; |
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except as provided by Subdivision (4); |
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(3) 60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per hour |
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in nighttime if the vehicle is on a highway that is outside an urban |
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district and not a highway numbered by this state or the United |
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States; |
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(4) outside an urban district: |
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(A) 60 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school |
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bus that has passed a commercial motor vehicle inspection under |
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Section 548.201 and is on a highway numbered by the United States or |
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this state, including a farm-to-market road; |
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(B) 50 miles per hour if the vehicle is a school |
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bus that: |
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(i) has not passed a commercial motor |
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vehicle inspection under Section 548.201; or |
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(ii) is traveling on a highway not numbered |
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by the United States or this state; or |
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(C) 60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per |
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hour in nighttime if: |
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(i) the vehicle is a truck, other than a |
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light truck, or if the vehicle is a truck tractor, trailer, or |
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semitrailer; and |
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(ii) the vehicle is on a farm-to-market or |
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ranch-to-market road; |
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(5) on a beach, 15 miles per hour; or |
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(6) on a county road adjacent to a public beach, 15 |
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miles per hour, if declared by the commissioners court of the |
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county. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |