| By: Farney (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) | H.B. No. 1607 | |
| (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; | ||
| April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
| Transportation; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following | ||
| vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to | ||
| alter speed limits on county roads. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 545.355(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commissioners court may not modify the rule | ||
| established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of | ||
| more than 70 [ |
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| 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, 2013. | ||
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