Texas Transportation Code

§ 542.202 — POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

TN § 542.202Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 542. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. B. UNIFORMITY AND INTERPRETATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS

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(a)This subtitle does not prevent a local authority, with respect to a highway under its jurisdiction and in the reasonable exercise of the police power, from:

(1)regulating traffic by police officers or traffic-control devices;

(2)regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle;

(3)regulating or prohibiting a procession or assemblage on a highway;

(4)regulating the operation and requiring registration and licensing of a bicycle or electric bicycle, including payment of a registration fee, except as provided by Section 551.106;

(5)regulating the time, place, and manner in which a roller skater may use a highway;

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1085, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.