bill letting cities ban some vehicle classes from toll roads

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89R11801 RDR-D

By: Romero
H.B. No. 5376

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a municipality to restrict the use of

toll roads by certain vehicles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as Tiffany's Law.

SECTION 2. The heading to Section 545.0651, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 545.0651. STATE AND MUNICIPAL RESTRICTION ON USE OF

HIGHWAY.

SECTION 3. Section 545.0651(a), Transportation Code, is

amended by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:

(3) "Toll project" has the meaning assigned by Section

372.001.

SECTION 4. Section 545.0651, Transportation Code, is

amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection

(b-1) to read as follows:

(b) The commission by order may restrict, by class of

vehicle, through traffic to two or more designated lanes of a

highway. If the lanes to be restricted by the commission are

located within a municipality, the commission shall consult with

the municipality before adopting an order under this section.

(b-1) A municipality by ordinance may :

(1) restrict, by class of vehicle, through traffic to

two or more designated lanes of a highway in the municipality ; and

(2) prohibit, by class of vehicle, the use of a toll

project in the municipality .

(c) An order under Subsection (b) or an ordinance under

Subsection (b-1)(1) [ (b) ] must allow a restricted vehicle to use

any lane of the highway to pass another vehicle and to enter and

exit the highway.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.