Bill Text: TX SB2245 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Effective immediately [SB2245 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2245-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 2245 | ||
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| relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road | ||
| that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 791.036, Government Code, is amended to | ||
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| Sec. 791.036. 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 for the county to: | ||
| (1) 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; and | ||
| (2) enforce the regulations. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 251.151(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Under the terms of an interlocal contract under Section | ||
| 791.036, Government Code, the [ |
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| (1) 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; | ||
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| (2) provide for the enforcement of the regulations [ |
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| SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2245 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2245 passed the House on | ||
| May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
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| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
