HB 1909

AN ACT relating to crosswalk marking requirements.

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Transportation Code, as added by this Act, a municipality is not

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Bill Text

relating to crosswalk marking requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 544.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 544.014.  CROSSWALK MARKING REQUIREMENTS.  (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, a local authority shall indicate a
marked crosswalk with one of the following:
(1)  solid white lines that are longitudinal,
(2)  a Texas-themed mural described by Subsection (b).
(b)  A Texas-themed mural authorized by Subsection (a)(2)
(1)  completely fill the boundaries of the marked
(2)  have a white, black, or unpainted background; and
(3)  feature the shape of the State of Texas, painted in
(c)  A municipality with a population of 100,000 or more
shall identify the five intersections that are most used by
pedestrians in the municipality and indicate each marked crosswalk
in those intersections with a Texas-themed mural described by
SECTION 2.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 544.014(c),
Transportation Code, as added by this Act, a municipality is not
required to comply with that subsection until September 1, 2027.
(b)  Not later than September 1, 2027, each municipality with
a population of 100,000 or more shall conduct a study to identify
the five intersections that are most used by pedestrians in the
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.