Bill Text: TX SB2159 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to allowing operators of motor vehicles to treat a stop sign as a yield sign at certain intersections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Transportation [SB2159 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2159-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 2159 | |
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| relating to allowing operators of motor vehicles to treat a stop | ||
| sign as a yield sign at certain intersections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 545.1531 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 545.1531. STOP SIGN CONSIDERED YIELD SIGN IN CERTAIN | ||
| CIRCUMSTANCES. (a) The provisions of Sections 544.010 and | ||
| 545.151(a) applicable to stop signs do not apply to the operator of | ||
| a vehicle approaching an intersection with a stop sign and no other | ||
| traffic-control signal or police officer directing traffic, if: | ||
| (1) no pedestrian is in the intersection; and | ||
| (2) no vehicle on the other street or roadway is in the | ||
| intersection or approaching the intersection in such proximity as | ||
| to be a hazard. | ||
| (b) A person operating a vehicle and approaching an | ||
| intersection as described by Subsection (a) shall: | ||
| (1) when approaching the intersection, slow to a speed | ||
| that is reasonable under existing conditions, not to exceed 10 | ||
| miles per hour; and | ||
| (2) comply with the provisions of Section 545.153 | ||
| applicable to yield signs when approaching the intersection. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
| by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | ||
| this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | ||
| this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that | ||
| date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
