82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1353, Chapter 265 Page: 4 of 7
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H.B. No. 1353
1 Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Pecos, Reeves,
2 Sutton, or Ward County if the commission determines that 80 miles
3 per hour [ L-aypt oi~e] is a reasonable and safe speed for that part
4 of the highway.
5 SECTION 4. Section 545.354(e), Transportation Code, is
6 amended to read as follows:
7 (e) The authority may not:
8 (1) alter the general rule established by Section
9 545.351(a); or
10 (2) establish a speed limit of more than 75 [4-] miles
11 per hour.
12 SECTION 5. Section 545.355(e), Transportation Code, is
13 amended to read as follows:
14 (e) The commissioners court of a county with a population of
15 more than 2.8 million may establish from the results of an
16 engineering and traffic investigation a speed limit of not more
17 than 75 [40] miles per hour on any part of a highway of that county
18 that is a limited-access or controlled-access highway, regardless
19 of the location of the part of the highway.
20 SECTION 6. Sections 545.356(a) and (b), Transportation
21 Code, are amended to read as follows:
22 (a) The governing body of a municipality, for a highway or
23 part of a highway in the municipality, including a highway of the
24 state highway system, has the same authority to alter by ordinance
25 prima facie speed limits from the results of an engineering and
26 traffic investigation as the Texas Transportation Commission on an
27 officially designated or marked highway of the state highway
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1353, Chapter 265, legislative document, June 17, 2011; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311004/m1/4/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.