Bill Text: TX HB339 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the placement of speed limit signs at the end of construction or maintenance work zones.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB339 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB339-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 339 | ||
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| relating to the placement of speed limit signs at the end of | ||
| construction or maintenance work zones. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.364 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.364. SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AFTER CONSTRUCTION OR | ||
| MAINTENANCE WORK ZONE. (a) In this section, "construction or | ||
| maintenance work zone" has the meaning assigned by Section 472.022. | ||
| (b) An entity that sets a lower speed limit on a road or | ||
| highway in the state highway system for a construction or | ||
| maintenance work zone shall place or require to be placed a sign at | ||
| the end of the zone that indicates the speed limit after the zone | ||
| ends. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 339 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 339 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
