Sec. 544.002. PLACING AND MAINTAINING TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE. (a) To implement this subtitle, the Texas Department of Transportation may place and maintain a traffic-control device on a state highway as provided by the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001. The Texas Department of Transportation may provide for the placement and maintenance of the device under Section 221.002.
(b) To implement this subtitle or a local traffic ordinance, a local authority may place and maintain a traffic-control device on a highway under the authority's jurisdiction. The traffic-control device must conform to the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001.
(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 Section 545.3561.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 216 (H.B. 109), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle C - Rules of the Road
Chapter 544 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings
Section 544.001. Adoption of Sign Manual for State Highways
Section 544.002. Placing and Maintaining Traffic-Control Device
Section 544.003. Authority to Designate Through Highway and Stop and Yield Intersections
Section 544.004. Compliance With Traffic-Control Device
Section 544.005. Interference With Traffic-Control Device or Railroad Sign or Signal
Section 544.0055. Traffic-Control Signal Preemption Device; Offense
Section 544.006. Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings
Section 544.007. Traffic-Control Signals in General
Section 544.0075. Certain Traffic-Actuated Electric Traffic-Control Signals
Section 544.008. Flashing Signals
Section 544.009. Lane-Direction-Control Signals
Section 544.010. Stop Signs and Yield Signs