Texas Transportation Code
§ 545.3561 — AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY TO TEMPORARILY LOWER SPEED LIMIT AT VEHICULAR COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION SITE
TN § 545.3561Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES · Art. H. SPEED RESTRICTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may give a designated official with transportation engineering experience establishing speed limits discretion to temporarily lower a prima facie speed limit for a highway or part of a highway in the municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, at the site of an investigation using vehicular collision reconstruction.
(b)A county commissioners court by order may give a designated official with transportation engineering experience establishing speed limits discretion to temporarily lower prima facie speed limits for a county road or highway outside the boundaries of a municipality at the site of an investigation using vehicular collision reconstruction. The authority granted under this subsection does not include a road or highway in the state highway system.
(c)The Texas Department of Transportation shall develop safety guidelines for the use of vehicular collision reconstruction in investigations. A municipality, county, or designated official shall comply with the guidelines.
(d)A designated official may temporarily lower prima facie speed limits without the approval of or permission from the Texas Department of Transportation. A designated official who intends to temporarily lower a prima facie speed limit at the site of an investigation using vehicular collision reconstruction shall, at least 48 hours before temporary speed limit signs are posted for the vehicular collision reconstruction site, provide to the Texas Department of Transportation notice that includes:
(1)the date and time of the collision reconstruction;
(2)the location of the collision reconstruction site;
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2023.