TITLE: Relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses located in certain municipalities.

SUMMARY: Relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses located in certain municipalities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the ability of a local authority to designate school crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses located in certain municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: (d) A local authority's standards, policies, orders, ordinances, regulations, or other measures that designate a school crossing zone or school crosswalk must include a high school campus that is located in a municipality with a population of two million or more. (e) On request of an administrator of a high school campus described by Subsection (d), a local authority shall determine the components, including any engineering report, necessary to designate a school crossing zone or school crosswalk at the campus and shall make the designation. This subsection does not apply to a high school campus undergoing major expansion or new construction that requires the preparation of a traffic impact analysis as part of the permitting process. SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2023, a local authority described by Section 542.203(d), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, shall: (1) update all applicable school zone standards, policies, orders, ordinances, and regulations to comply with that section; and (2) post the updates described by Subdivision (1) of this section on a publicly accessible Internet website with clear instructions describing the process by which a designation request may be made under Section 542.203(e), Transportation Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.