Bill Text: TX HB1263 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses located in certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1263 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1263-Introduced.html

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88R3754 AMF-D
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1263

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school
crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses
located in certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A local authority may not adopt or enforce an order,
ordinance, regulation, or other measure that prohibits or precludes
the designation of a school crossing zone or school crosswalk at a
high school campus that is located in a municipality with a
population of two million or more.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.