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WARD: LIVE
HIGHWAY
:24
Texas Attorney-General John Hill late this afternoon
ruled that the State Highway Commission does not have
the authority to reduce the state's speed limits from
70-to-55 miles an hour.The Three-member Commission voted
the change yesterday at the urging of Governor Briscoe...
despite warnings that the move would be illegal.The
State Legislature has the power to lower speed limits
on state highways..in all cases except emergencies
relating to road conditions.f;
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Highway], script, December 5, 1973, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1911439/m1/1/?q=%221973-12-05%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.