Bill Text: TX HB1607 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to alter speed limits on county roads.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1607-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1607 |
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relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to | ||
alter speed limits on county roads. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.355(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commissioners court may not modify the rule | ||
established by Section 545.351(a) or establish a speed limit of | ||
more than 70 [ |
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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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1607 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1607 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |