Texas Transportation Code
§ 542.006 — SPEED RESTRICTIONS ON PRIVATE ROADS
TN § 542.006Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 542. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. A. APPLICABILITY
Statute text
View on source(a)The owners of a majority of the parcels of real property abutting a private road may petition the Texas Transportation Commission to extend the speed restrictions of this subtitle to the portion of the road in a subdivision or across adjacent subdivisions if:
(1)the road is not in a municipality;
(2)the total number of residents in the subdivision and subdivisions adjacent to the subdivision is at least 400; and
(3)a plat for the subdivision and each adjacent subdivision included to determine the number of residents under Subdivision (2) has been filed in the deed records of the county.
(b)After the commission receives a petition and verifies the property ownership of its signers, the commission may issue an order extending the speed restrictions to the private road if the commission finds the order is in the interests of the area residents and the public generally.
(c)If the commission rejects the petition, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the advisability of making the speed restrictions applicable. The hearing must be held in the county in which the portion of the road that is the subject of the petition is located. The commission shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in that county at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
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Legislative history
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 308, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1999.