Bill Text: TX HB1745 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to lower speed limits on certain highways.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-06 - Referred to Transportation [HB1745 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1745-Introduced.html
  85R9067 JAM-D
 
  By: Israel H.B. No. 1745
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain municipalities to lower speed
  limits on certain highways.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 545.356(b-2), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b-2)  Subsection (b-1) applies only to:
               (1)  a two-lane, undivided highway or part of a
  highway; or
               (2)  a highway or street, other than an alley, in a
  municipality with a population of 130,000 or more.
         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, 2017.
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