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  H.B. No. 1279
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that a detector for certain
  traffic-actuated electric traffic-control devices register the
  presence of a motorcycle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 544, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 544.0075 to read as follows:
         Sec. 544.0075.  CERTAIN TRAFFIC-ACTUATED ELECTRIC
  TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS.  (a)  This section applies only to a
  traffic-actuated electric traffic-control signal that consists of
  a traffic-control signal for which the intervals vary according to
  the demands of vehicular traffic as registered by a detector and
  that is installed and operating at an intersection.
         (b)  In addition to any other type of vehicle the presence of
  which the detector for the traffic-actuated electric
  traffic-control signal may register, the detector for a
  traffic-actuated electric traffic-control device to which this
  section applies must be capable of registering the presence of a
  motorcycle.
         SECTION 2.  Section 544.0075, Transportation Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a detector that is installed, replaced,
  calibrated, or recalibrated in connection with a traffic-actuated
  electric traffic-control signal on or after the effective date of
  this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1279 was passed by the House on April
  12, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1279 on May 14, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1279 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 9, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor