By: Bohac (Senate Sponsor - Huffman)	H.B. No. 1737
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
	May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2011, reported
	favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2011,
	sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the installation of a speed feedback sign by a property
	owners' association.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 430, Transportation Code, is amended by
	adding Section 430.002 to read as follows:
	Sec. 430.002.  SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS ERECTED BY NEIGHBORHOOD
	ASSOCIATION. (a) In this section, "property owners' association"
	means an association described by Section 204.004, Property Code.
	(b)  A property owners' association may install a speed
	feedback sign on a road, highway, or street in the association's
	jurisdiction if:
	(1)  the association receives the consent of the
	governing body of the political subdivision that maintains the
	road, highway, or street for the placement of the sign; and
	(2)  the association pays for the installation of the
	sign.
	(c)  A property owners' association that installs a speed
	feedback sign under this section is responsible for the maintenance
	of the sign.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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