Bill Text: TX HB745 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the installation of solar-powered stop signs by a property owners' association.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB745 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB745-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 745

AN ACT
relating to the installation of solar-powered stop signs by a
property owners' association.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 430.002, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 430.002. [SPEED FEEDBACK] SIGNS ERECTED BY
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. (a) In this section, "property owners'
association" means an association described by Section 204.004,
Property Code.
(b) A property owners' association may install a speed
feedback sign or a solar-powered light-emitting diode (LED) stop
sign on a road, highway, or street in the association's
jurisdiction if:
(1) the association receives the consent of the
governing body of the political subdivision that maintains the
road, highway, or street for the placement of the sign; and
(2) the association pays for the installation of the
sign.
(c) A property owners' association that installs a [speed
feedback] sign under this section is responsible for the
maintenance of the sign.
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, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 745 was passed by the House on April
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 745 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor