Bill Text: TX SB277 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the operation and movement of a vehicle when certain traffic-control signals do not display an indication.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Referred to Transportation [SB277 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB277-Introduced.html

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83R887 JAM-F
By: Watson S.B. No. 277

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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. Sections 544.007(i) and (j), Transportation
Code, are amended 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) "Hybrid [Pedestrian hybrid] beacon" means a
controller-activated [pedestrian-controlled] traffic-control
signal that displays different colored lights successively only
when activated by a pedestrian, transit vehicle operated by an
authority under Chapter 451 or 452 or a transit department under
Chapter 453, emergency vehicle, or other authorized vehicle or
person.
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, 2013.