Bill Text: TX SB346 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain traffic control signals.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Transportation [SB346 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB346-Introduced.html

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85R4694 AJZ-F
By: Watson S.B. No. 346

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain
traffic control signals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 544.007, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
(d) An operator of a vehicle facing only a steady red signal
shall stop at a clearly marked stop line. In the absence of a stop
line, the operator shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the
near side of the intersection. Except as provided by Subsection
(d-1), a [A] vehicle that is not turning shall remain standing until
an indication to proceed is shown. After stopping, standing until
the intersection may be entered safely, and yielding right-of-way
to pedestrians lawfully in an adjacent crosswalk and other traffic
lawfully using the intersection, the operator may:
(1) turn right; or
(2) turn left, if the intersecting streets are both
one-way streets and a left turn is permissible.
(d-1) An operator of a vehicle facing only a steady red
signal at a traffic-actuated electric traffic-control signal, as
described by Section 544.0075, may proceed if the traffic-control
signal fails to register the vehicle within a reasonable period of
time after one complete cycle of the traffic-control signal. The
right to proceed is subject to the rules applicable after stopping
at a stop sign. An operator of a vehicle that proceeds through a
steady red signal in accordance with this subsection under the
reasonable but mistaken belief that the traffic-control signal
failed to register the vehicle is not subject to prosecution for
failing to stop at the traffic-control signal.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.