TITLE: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to alter prima facie speed limits.

SUMMARY: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to alter prima facie speed limits.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the authority of certain municipalities to alter prima facie speed limits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 545.356(b-1) and (b-2), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), the governing body of a municipality, for a street [highway] or a part of a street [highway] in the municipality that is not an officially designated or marked street [highway] or road of the state highway system, may declare a lower speed limit of not less than 20 [25] miles per hour, if the governing body determines that the prima facie speed limit on the street [highway] is unreasonable or unsafe. (b-2) Subsection (b-1) applies only to a two-lane, undivided street [highway] or part of a street [highway].SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.