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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to |
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alter speed limits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.353(h-2), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h-2) Notwithstanding Section 545.352(b), [as amended by
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Chapters 663 (H.B. 385) and 739 (H.B. 1075), Acts of the 76th
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,] the commission shall [may] |
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establish a speed limit of [not to exceed] 85 miles per hour on a |
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part of the state highway system if: |
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(1) that part of the highway system is designed to |
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accommodate travel at that established speed or a higher speed; and |
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(2) the commission determines, after an engineering |
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and traffic investigation, that the established speed limit is |
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reasonable and safe for that part of the highway system. |
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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, 2013. |