H.B. No. 1263
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school
  crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses
  located in certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
         (d)  A local authority's standards, policies, orders,
  ordinances, regulations, or other measures that designate a school
  crossing zone or school crosswalk must include a high school campus
  that is located in a municipality with a population of two million
  or more.
         (e)  On request of an administrator of a high school campus
  described by Subsection (d), a local authority shall determine the
  components, including any engineering report, necessary to
  designate a school crossing zone or school crosswalk at the campus
  and shall make the designation. This subsection does not apply to a
  high school campus undergoing major expansion or new construction
  that requires the preparation of a traffic impact analysis as part
  of the permitting process.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2023, a local
  authority described by Section 542.203(d), Transportation Code, as
  added by this Act, shall:
               (1)  update all applicable school zone standards,
  policies, orders, ordinances, and regulations to comply with that
  section; and
               (2)  post the updates described by Subdivision (1) of
  this section on a publicly accessible Internet website with clear
  instructions describing the process by which a designation request
  may be made under Section 542.203(e), Transportation Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1263 was passed by the House on April
  13, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 7, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1263 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 4,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1263 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor