Sec. 544.013. CHANGEABLE MESSAGE SIGN SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "changeable message sign" means a sign that conforms to the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001. The term includes a dynamic message sign.
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation in cooperation with local governments shall actively manage a system of changeable message signs located on highways under the jurisdiction of the department to mitigate traffic congestion by providing current information to the traveling public, including information about traffic incidents, weather conditions, road construction, and alternative routes when applicable.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 53, 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