Tex. Transp. Code § 552.001 · Chapter 552. PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER SIDEWALK USERS
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A traffic control signal displaying green, red, and yellow lights or lighted arrows applies to a pedestrian and a sidewalk user as provided by this section unless the pedestrian or sidewalk user is otherwise directed by a special pedestrian control signal.
(b) A pedestrian or sidewalk user facing a green signal may proceed across a roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk unless the sole green signal is a turn arrow.
(c) A pedestrian or sidewalk user facing a steady red signal alone or a steady yellow signal may not enter a roadway.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (S.B. 2039), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.552.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 79761c638dbbfbc86be1cb6a9d19fa6c70262be77cced64c050d86d068786856
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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