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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the |
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effects of restricting trucks from the use of one lane of a highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: |
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(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of |
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Transportation. |
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(2) "Highway" means a public highway that: |
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(A) is in the designated state highway system; |
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(B) is designated a controlled access facility; |
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and |
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(C) has a minimum of three travel lanes, |
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excluding access or frontage roads, in each direction of traffic |
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that may be part of a single roadway or may be separate roadways |
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that are constructed as an upper and lower deck. |
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(3) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or |
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maintained primarily to transport property. |
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(b) The department shall conduct a traffic study on all |
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highways evaluating the effect of restricting trucks from the use |
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of one lane of those highways. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2018, the department shall |
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submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the |
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legislature a report containing the results of the study. |
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(d) This Act expires January 31, 2019. |
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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, 2017. |