HB1624 - Relating to the authority of a local authority to install a temporary traffic-control device on certain highways.

  89R5978 MZM-D     By: Vasut, Barry H.B. No. 1624       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a local authority to install a   temporary traffic-control device on certain highways.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 544.002, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as   follows:          (c)  A local authority may not place or maintain a   traffic-control device on a highway under the jurisdiction of the   Texas Department of Transportation without that department's   permission, except as authorized under Subsection (d) and  Section   545.3561.           (d)     A local authority may place and maintain a temporary   traffic-control device on a highway under the jurisdiction of the   Texas Department of Transportation without the department's   permission if:                 (1)     an existing traffic-control device on the highway   becomes inoperable;                 (2)     the local authority notifies the department of the   placement of the temporary traffic-control device; and                 (3)     the local authority removes the temporary   traffic-control device as soon as practicable after the existing   traffic-control device becomes operable again.          SECTION 2.  Section 553.002(d), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (d)  This section does not apply to :                 (1)   an ordinance enacted or a temporary speed limit   sign erected or operated under Section 545.3561 ; or                 (2)     an ordinance enacted or a temporary   traffic-control device placed or maintained under Section   544.002(d) .          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.