Texas Transportation Code
§ 545.3531 — AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT ENGINEER TO TEMPORARILY LOWER SPEED LIMIT AT HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY SITE
TN § 545.3531Title 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)A district engineer of the Texas Department of Transportation may temporarily lower a prima facie speed limit for a highway or part of a highway in a district if the district engineer determines that the prima facie speed limit for the highway or part of highway is unreasonable or unsafe because of highway maintenance activities at the site.
(b)A district engineer may temporarily lower a prima facie speed limit under this section without the approval of or permission from the Texas Transportation Commission.
(c)A temporary speed limit established under this section:
(1)is a prima facie prudent and reasonable speed limit enforceable in the same manner as other prima facie speed limits established under other provisions of this subchapter; and
(2)supersedes any other established speed limit that would permit a person to operate a motor vehicle at a higher rate of speed.
(d)After a district engineer temporarily lowers a speed limit under this section, the Texas Department of Transportation shall:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 712 (H.B. 3282), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2021.