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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of traffic laws by private institutions |
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of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 600.003, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 600.003. ENFORCEMENT OF [CERTAIN] TRAFFIC LAWS BY |
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PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 600.003(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A private or independent institution of higher |
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education may enforce a traffic law of this state [under Chapter 545
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restricting or prohibiting the operation or movement of vehicles] |
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on a road of the institution if: |
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(1) the road of the institution is open to the public |
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at the time the traffic law is enforced; and |
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(2) the governing body of the institution adopts a |
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regulation to enforce the traffic law[; and
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[(3)
the restriction or prohibition on the operation
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and movement of vehicles adopted by the institution:
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[(A)
is posted by means of a sign, marking,
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signal, or other device visible to and, if it contains writing, able
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to be read by an operator of a vehicle to whom the restriction or
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prohibition applies in the same manner as a similar restriction or
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prohibition on the operation and movement of vehicles would be
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posted by a municipality; and
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[(B) has been approved by:
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[(i)
the commissioners court of the county
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in which the applicable road of the institution is located, if the
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road is located in the unincorporated area of a county; or
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[(ii)
the governing body of the
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municipality in which the applicable road of the institution is
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located, if the road is located in a municipality]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |