TITLE: Relating to allowing the placement and maintenance of traffic-control signals in municipalities to permit emergency vehicles to safely enter a highway.

SUMMARY: Relating to allowing the placement and maintenance of traffic-control signals in municipalities to permit emergency vehicles to safely enter a highway.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to allowing the placement and maintenance of traffic-control signals in municipalities to permit emergency vehicles to safely enter a highway. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 544.0025 to read as follows: Sec. 544.0025. PLACING AND MAINTAINING SIGNAL FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENTRY ONTO HIGHWAY IN A MUNICIPALITY. The manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001 must provide for the placement and maintenance of a traffic-control signal as described by Section 544.007(a) that permits an emergency vehicle to safely enter a highway in a municipality at a location to be determined by the municipality. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.