Bill Text: TX HB2814 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of highway safety corridors; increasing a fine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-25 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2814 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2814-Introduced.html
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| By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 2814 | |
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| relating to the designation of highway safety corridors; increasing | ||
| a fine. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 201.905(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A program under this section may also include literature | ||
| distributed to the public by the department concerning: | ||
| (1) the program established under this section; and | ||
| (2) highway safety corridors designated under Section | ||
| 201.9051. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter K, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 201.9051 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 201.9051. HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. (a) The | ||
| department may designate as a highway safety corridor a portion of a | ||
| roadway containing: | ||
| (1) a site described by Section 201.905; or | ||
| (2) any other site with a high number of traffic | ||
| fatalities, as identified by the department. | ||
| (b) The department shall erect a sign at each end of the | ||
| highway safety corridor and at appropriate intermediate sites along | ||
| the corridor: | ||
| (1) indicating that it is a highway safety corridor; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) stating "Fines double: highway safety corridor." | ||
| (c) The department may include on the same sign the | ||
| information required for: | ||
| (1) a highway safety corridor under this section; and | ||
| (2) a traffic safety sign under Section 201.905(a). | ||
| (d) The commission by rule shall establish a process to | ||
| identify sites with high numbers of traffic fatalities. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 542.4046 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 542.4046. FINE FOR OFFENSE IN HIGHWAY SAFETY CORRIDOR. | ||
| (a) In this section, "highway safety corridor" means a portion of a | ||
| roadway designated by the department in accordance with Section | ||
| 201.9051. | ||
| (b) If an offense under this subtitle, other than an offense | ||
| under Chapter 548 or 552 or Section 545.412 or 545.413, is committed | ||
| in a highway safety corridor: | ||
| (1) the minimum fine applicable to the offense is | ||
| twice the minimum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it | ||
| were committed outside a highway safety corridor; and | ||
| (2) the maximum fine applicable to the offense is | ||
| twice the maximum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it | ||
| were committed outside a highway safety corridor. | ||
| SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed | ||
| before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense | ||
| was committed before that date. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
