89R11572 AND-D     By: Alvarado S.B. No. 2347       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the process of establishing speed limits on a highway or   road near a prekindergarten.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 545.355(b), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The commissioners court of a county may declare a lower   speed limit of not less than:                (1)  30 miles per hour on a county road or highway to   which this section applies, if the commissioners court determines   that the prima facie speed limit on the road or highway is   unreasonable or unsafe; or                (2)  20 miles per hour:                      (A)  in a residence district, unless the roadway   has been designated as a major thoroughfare by a city planning   commission; or                      (B)  on a county road or highway to which this   section applies that is located within 500 feet of a   prekindergarten, an elementary, secondary, or open-enrollment   charter school, or an institution of higher education, if approved   under Section 545.357.          SECTION 2.  Sections 545.357(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e),   Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The governing body of a municipality in which a   prekindergarten, a public or private elementary or secondary   school, an open-enrollment charter school, or an institution of   higher education is located shall, on request of the operator of a   prekindergarten or the governing body of a school or institution of   higher education, hold a public hearing at least once each calendar   year to consider prima facie speed limits on a highway in the   municipality, including a highway of the state highway system, near   the prekindergarten, school, or institution of higher education.          (b)  If a county road outside the state highway system is   located within 500 feet of a prekindergarten, a public or private   elementary or secondary school, an open-enrollment charter school,   or an institution of higher education that is not in a municipality,   the commissioners court of the county, on request of the operator of   a prekindergarten or the governing body of a school or institution   of higher education, shall hold a public hearing at least once each   calendar year to consider the prima facie speed limit on the road   near the prekindergarten, school, or institution of higher   education.          (c)  A municipal governing body or commissioners court, on   request of the operator of a prekindergarten or the governing body   of a school or institution of higher education, may hold one public   hearing for all prekindergartens, public and private elementary and   secondary schools, open-enrollment charter schools, and   institutions of higher education in its jurisdiction.          (d)  The Texas Transportation Commission, on request of the   operator of a prekindergarten or the governing body of a school or   institution of higher education, shall hold a public hearing at   least once each calendar year to consider prima facie speed limits   on highways in the state highway system that are near   prekindergartens, public or private elementary or secondary   schools, open-enrollment charter schools, or institutions of   higher education.          (e)  On request of the operator of a prekindergarten or the   governing body of a school or institution of higher education   following a public hearing held under this section, the   commissioners court, municipal governing body, or Texas   Transportation Commission, as applicable, shall conduct an   engineering and traffic investigation for the highway or road that   is the subject of the request. On review of the results of the   investigation, the commissioners court, municipal governing body,   or Texas Transportation Commission has the same authority and   discretion to alter prima facie speed limits as provided by Section   545.353, 545.355, or 545.356, as applicable. Following each public   hearing held under this section, the operator of a prekindergarten   or the governing body of a school or institution of higher education   may make only one request under this subsection for an engineering   and traffic investigation.          SECTION 3.  Section 545.357(f), Transportation Code, is   amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:                (4)  "Prekindergarten" means a facility that primarily   provides prekindergarten services.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.