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Chapter 1016 H.B. No. 2596 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the authority of certain municipalities to lower speed 3 limits on certain highways. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Section 545.356, Transportation Code, is amended 6 by amending Subsections (b-l), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection 7 (b-3) to read as follows: 8 (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), the [The] 9 governing body of a municipality, for a highway or a part of a 10 highway in the municipality that is not an officially designated or 11 marked highway or road of the state highway system, may declare a 12 lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour, if the 13 governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the 14 highway is unreasonable or unsafe. 15 (b-3) The governing body of a municipality with a population 16 of 2,000 or less, for a highway or a part of a highway in the 17 municipality that is a one-lane highway used for two-way access and 18 that is not an officially designated or marked highway or road of 19 the state highway system, may declare a lower speed limit of not 20 less than 10 miles per hour, if the governing body determines that 21 the prima facie speed limit on the highway is unreasonable or 22 unsafe. 23 (c) A prima facie speed limit that is altered by the 24 governing body of a municipality under Subsection (b), [e*] (b-)
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 2596, Chapter 1016,
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June 17, 2011;
[Austin, Texas].
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