Bill Text: TX HB885 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when certain traffic-control signals do not display an indication.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB885 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB885-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 885 | ||
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| relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when certain | ||
| traffic-control signals do not display an indication. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 544.007, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (j) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (i) An operator of a vehicle facing a traffic-control | ||
| signal, other than a freeway entrance ramp control signal or a | ||
| pedestrian hybrid beacon, that does not display an indication in | ||
| any of the signal heads shall stop as provided by Section 544.010 as | ||
| if the intersection had a stop sign. | ||
| (j) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Freeway entrance ramp control signal" means a | ||
| traffic-control signal that controls the flow of traffic entering a | ||
| freeway. | ||
| (2) "Pedestrian hybrid beacon" means a | ||
| pedestrian-controlled traffic-control signal that displays | ||
| different colored lights successively only when activated by a | ||
| pedestrian. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 885 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 885 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
