Bill Text: TX SB1411 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of traffic in a special district by a commissioners court.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1411 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1411-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1411 | ||
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| relating to regulation of traffic in a special district by a | ||
| commissioners court. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 791, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 791.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 791.035. REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN SPECIAL DISTRICTS. | ||
| The commissioners court of a county may enter into an interlocal | ||
| contract with the board of a special district to apply the county's | ||
| traffic regulations to a public road in the county that is owned, | ||
| operated, and maintained by the district if the commissioners court | ||
| finds that it is in the county's interest to regulate traffic on the | ||
| public road. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 251.151, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 251.151. AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TO REGULATE | ||
| CERTAIN ROADS. (a) The commissioners court of a county may | ||
| regulate traffic on a county road or on real property owned by the | ||
| county that is under the jurisdiction of the commissioners court. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county may by order apply | ||
| the county's traffic regulations to a public road in the county that | ||
| is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district and | ||
| located wholly or partly in the county if the commissioners court | ||
| and the board of the district have entered into an interlocal | ||
| contract under Section 791.035, Government Code. | ||
| (c) A public road that is subject to an order under | ||
| Subsection (b) is considered to be a county road for purposes of | ||
| applying a traffic regulation to the public road. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 251.155, Transportation | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt | ||
| regulations establishing a system of traffic control devices in | ||
| restricted traffic zones on: | ||
| (1) property described by Section 251.151(a); and | ||
| (2) property abutting a public road that is the | ||
| subject of an order under Section 251.151(b) if the property is | ||
| owned by the district that is subject to the order or is a public | ||
| right-of-way [ |
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| SECTION 4. 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1411 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1411 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
| Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
