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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of counties and municipalities to lower |
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speed limits on certain highways. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.355(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county may declare a lower |
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speed limit of not less than: |
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(1) 30 miles per hour on a county road or highway to |
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which this section applies, if the commissioners court determines |
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that the prima facie speed limit on the road or highway is |
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unreasonable or unsafe; or |
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(2) 10 [20] miles per hour in a residence district, |
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unless the roadway has been designated as a major thoroughfare by a |
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municipal [city] planning commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 545.356(b-1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), the governing |
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body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a highway in the |
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municipality that is not an officially designated or marked highway |
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or road of the state highway system, may declare a lower speed limit |
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of not less than: |
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(1) 25 miles per hour for a two-lane, undivided |
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highway or part of a highway, if the governing body determines that |
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the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or |
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unsafe; or |
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(2) 10 miles per hour in a residence district, unless |
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the roadway has been designated as a major thoroughfare by a |
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municipal planning commission. |
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SECTION 3. Section 545.356(b-2), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |