Sec. 545.065. STATE AND LOCAL REGULATION OF LIMITED-ACCESS OR CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS. (a) The Texas Transportation Commission by resolution or order recorded in its minutes may prohibit the use of a limited-access or controlled-access highway under the jurisdiction of the commission by a parade, funeral procession, pedestrian, bicycle, electric bicycle, motorcycle equipped with a motor that has an engine piston displacement of 250 cubic centimeters or less, or nonmotorized traffic.
(b) If the commission adopts a rule under Subsection (a), the commission shall erect and maintain official traffic-control devices on the portions of the limited-access or controlled-access highway to which the rule applies.
(c) A local authority by ordinance may prohibit the use of a limited-access or controlled-access roadway under the jurisdiction of the authority by a parade, funeral procession, pedestrian, bicycle, electric bicycle, motorcycle equipped with a motor that has an engine piston displacement of 250 cubic centimeters or less, or nonmotorized traffic.
(d) If a local authority adopts an ordinance under Subsection (c), the authority shall erect and maintain official traffic-control devices on the portions of the limited-access or controlled-access roadway to which the ordinance applies.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1085, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 3171), Sec. 2.05, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle C - Rules of the Road
Chapter 545 - Operation and Movement of Vehicles
Subchapter B. Driving on Right Side of Roadway and Passing
Section 545.051. Driving on Right Side of Roadway
Section 545.052. Driving Past Vehicle Moving in Opposite Direction
Section 545.053. Passing to the Left; Return; Being Passed
Section 545.054. Passing to the Left: Safe Distance
Section 545.055. Passing to the Left: Passing Zones
Section 545.056. Driving to Left of Center of Roadway: Limitations Other Than Passing
Section 545.057. Passing to the Right
Section 545.058. Driving on Improved Shoulder
Section 545.059. One-Way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands
Section 545.060. Driving on Roadway Laned for Traffic
Section 545.061. Driving on Multiple-Lane Roadway
Section 545.062. Following Distance
Section 545.063. Driving on Divided Highway
Section 545.064. Restricted Access
Section 545.065. State and Local Regulation of Limited-Access or Controlled-Access Highways
Section 545.0651. Restriction on Use of Highway
Section 545.0652. County Restriction on Use of Highway
Section 545.0653. Restriction on Use of Highway in Maintenance or Construction Work Zone