Bill Text: TX HB2007 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2007 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2007-Introduced.html

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86R8383 MP-F
By: Leach H.B. No. 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations on a public road
that is owned, operated, and maintained by a special district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 791.036, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 791.036. REGULATION OF TRAFFIC IN SPECIAL DISTRICTS.
The commissioners court of a county may enter into an interlocal
contract with the board of a special district for the county to:
(1) apply the county's traffic regulations to a public
road in the county that is owned, operated, and maintained by the
district if the commissioners court finds that it is in the county's
interest to regulate traffic on the public road; and
(2) enforce the regulations.
SECTION 2. Section 251.151(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Under the terms of an interlocal contract under Section
791.036, Government Code, the [The] commissioners court of a county
may:
(1) by order apply the county's traffic regulations to
a public road in the county that is owned, operated, and maintained
by a special district and located wholly or partly in the county;
and
(2) provide for the enforcement of the regulations [if
the commissioners court and the board of the district have entered
into an interlocal contract under Section 791.036, Government
Code].
SECTION 3. 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, 2019.