Tex. Transp. Code § 471.009 · Chapter 471. RAILROAD AND ROADWAY CROSSINGS
ENHANCED PAVEMENT MARKING VISIBILITY AT CERTAIN GRADE CROSSINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Grade crossing" and "reflecting material" have the meanings assigned by Section 471.004.
(2) "Pavement markings" means markings applied or attached to the surface of a roadway to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.
(3) "Stop bar" means the marking that is applied or attached to the surface of a roadway on either side of a grade crossing and that indicates that a vehicle must stop at the grade crossing.
(b) A county or municipality shall use standards developed by the department in applying pavement markings or a stop bar at a grade crossing if the cost of the markings or stop bar is paid either entirely or partly from state or federal funds. In developing its standards, the department shall follow the standards in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices issued by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration and, where appropriate, require the use of reflecting materials.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.06, eff. April 1, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.471.htm
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