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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prima facie speed limit in certain urban districts. |
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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, is |
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amended 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) except as provided by Subdivision (7), 30 miles |
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per hour in an urban district on a street other than an alley and 15 |
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miles per hour in an alley; |
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(2) except as provided by Subdivision (4), 70 miles |
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per hour on a highway numbered by this state or the United States |
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outside an urban district, including a farm-to-market or |
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ranch-to-market road; |
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(3) except as provided by Subdivision (4), 60 miles |
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per hour on a highway that is outside an urban district and not a |
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highway numbered by this state or the United 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; or |
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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; |
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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; or |
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(7) in a municipality with a population greater than |
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1.3 million whose population makes up more than 75 percent of the |
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population of the county in which the municipality is primarily |
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located, 25 miles per hour in an urban district on a street other |
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than an alley and 15 miles per hour in an alley. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |