Bill Text: TX HB509 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the process for establishing speed limits on roads near certain schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-20 - Left pending in committee [HB509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB509-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the process for establishing speed limits on roads near certain schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-20 - Left pending in committee [HB509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB509-Introduced.html
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By: Raney | H.B. No. 509 |
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relating to the process for establishing speed limits on roads near | ||
certain schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.357, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 545.357. CONSIDERATION OF [ |
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SPEED LIMITS WHERE CERTAIN SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED. (a) The governing | ||
body of a municipality in which a public or private elementary or | ||
secondary school, an open-enrollment charter school as defined by | ||
Section 5.001(6), Education Code, or an institution of higher | ||
education as defined by Section 61.003(8) or (15), Education Code, | ||
is located shall on request hold a public hearing at least once each | ||
calendar year to consider prima facie speed limits on a highway in | ||
the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, | ||
near the school or institution of higher education. | ||
(b) If a county road outside the state highway system is | ||
located within 500 feet of a public or private elementary or | ||
secondary school, an open-enrollment charter school, or an | ||
institution of higher education that is not in a municipality, the | ||
commissioners court of the county on request shall hold a public | ||
hearing at least once each calendar year to consider the prima facie | ||
speed limit on the road near the school or institution of higher | ||
education. | ||
(c) A municipal governing body or commissioners court on | ||
request may hold one public hearing for all public and private | ||
elementary and secondary schools, open-enrollment charter schools, | ||
and institutions of higher education in its jurisdiction. | ||
(d) The Texas Transportation Commission, on request, shall | ||
hold a public hearing at least once each calendar year to consider | ||
prima facie speed limits on highways in the state highway system | ||
that are near public or private elementary or secondary schools, | ||
open-enrollment charter schools, or institutions of higher | ||
education. | ||
(e) The municipal governing body, the commissioners court, | ||
or the Texas Transportation Commission, as applicable, may not | ||
reject a request for a prima facie speed limit by a public or | ||
private elementary or secondary school, an open-enrollment charter | ||
school, or an institution of higher education without first making | ||
a written finding stating a compelling reason for the rejection. | ||
(f) A school or institution may appeal a rejection of a | ||
request for a prima facie speed limit under this section to the | ||
district court of the county in which the school or institution is | ||
located not later than the 90th day after the date the written | ||
finding is made. If the district court determines that the | ||
rejection of the request was not made for a compelling reason, the | ||
court shall grant the requested prima facie speed limit. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |