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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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Relating to a study of certain roads to determine the optimal safe |
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speed based on road conditions, types of traffic and accident |
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history. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Transportation in |
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conjunction with the Texas Department of Public Safety shall |
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conduct a study and issue a report regarding the degradation of |
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roads due to an increase in traffic of oversize and overweight |
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vehicles. |
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(b) Participants in the joint study will designate the |
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optimal speed limit to ensure public safety based on the study. |
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(c) This study applies to counties with a population of less |
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than 7,500 adjacent to both a county with a population of 800 or |
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less and to a county with a population of 10,100 or less. |
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SECTION 2. This |
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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. |