Tex. Transp. Code § 542.206 · Subchapter B. UNIFORMITY AND INTERPRETATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS

EFFECT OF SPEED LIMITS IN A CIVIL ACTION.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A provision of this subtitle declaring a maximum or minimum speed limit does not relieve the plaintiff in a civil action from the burden of proving negligence of the defendant as the proximate cause of a collision.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.542.htm
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