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TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES
CHAPTER 553. ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC LAWS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
TRANSPORTATION CODE
TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 553. ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC LAWS IN
CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
Sec. 553.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a
municipality with a population of less than 2,500 in a county
with a population of 250,000 or more.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 553.002. TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR SIGNS IN MUNICIPALITY. (a) A
municipality may not enact an ordinance governing the erection or
operation of a traffic signal or sign in the municipality on a
state highway funded in whole or in part by the state without
prior approval by the Texas Department of Transportation.
(b) A municipality intending to erect or operate a traffic
signal or sign described by Subsection (a) must apply in writing
to the Texas Department of Transportation. After the application
is filed, the Texas Department of Transportation shall designate
an employee to investigate the application and shall grant or
refuse the application not later than the 90th day after the date
of the designation.
(c) In granting an application, the Texas Department of
Transportation:
(1) may prescribe the conditions under which the municipality
may erect and operate the signal or sign and all other aspects of
the signal or sign; and
(2) shall consider the convenience of the traveling public in
raising speed limits in noncongested areas and the control of
traffic for the protection of schoolchildren and other
inhabitants of small communities where there are areas of
congestion and cross-traffic.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 553.003. INJUNCTION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED SIGNAL OR SIGN.
(a) If a municipality erects or maintains a traffic signal or
sign without meeting the requirements of this chapter, the
district or county attorney of the county where the signal or
sign is located shall bring a suit to enjoin the erection and
maintenance of the signal or sign.
(b) If the district or county attorney does not institute a suit
under Subsection (a) within 15 days after the date a request to
do so is received from a resident of the state, any state
resident may institute and prosecute the suit.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.