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
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| By: Israel | H.B. No. 1745 | |
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| 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. | ||
