Texas Transportation Code

§ 542.203 — LIMITATION ON LOCAL AUTHORITIES

TN § 542.203Title 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)A local authority may not erect or maintain a traffic-control device to direct the traffic on a state highway, including a farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road, to stop or yield before entering or crossing an intersecting highway unless permitted by agreement between the local authority and the Texas Department of Transportation under Section 221.002.

(b)An ordinance or rule of a local authority is not effective until signs giving notice are posted on or at the entrance to the highway or part of the highway, as may be most appropriate. This subsection applies only to an ordinance or rule that:

(1)regulates the speed of a vehicle in a public park;

(2)alters a speed limit as authorized by this subtitle;

(3)designates an intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection; or

(4)designates a highway as a one-way highway or a through highway.

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 399 (H.B. 1263), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.