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HE A O ENE, AiL
AUSTIN ii, TEXAS
Arr on ( N R L. June 17, 1963
Honorable D. C. Greer
State Highway Engineer
Texas Highway Department
Austin 14, Texas
Opinion No. C- 99
Re: Various questions relative to
H.B. 50 as passed by the current
Legislature
Dear Mr. Greer:
In your recent request for an opinion from this office, you
state that on May 14, 1963, Governor connally signed into law
House Bill 50 of the current session of the Legislature and that
this bill, among other matters, adds a new article to the existing
statute relating to speed of vehicles and rules of enforcement.
You have submitted to us a request for our opinion on the
following questions:
"l. Section 167(b). Does the authority of the State
Highway Commission to alter maximum speed limits
on any highway, road or street, or part thereof,
which is officially designated or marked by the
State Highway Commission as a part of the State
Highway System extend within the limits of an
incorporated city, town or village, including
Home Rule Cities, regardless of whether such
highway, road or street, or part thereof, has
been declared to be a limited-access or control-
led-access highway?"
"2. Section 170(b). Does the authority of the State
Highway Commission to establish minimum speed
limits on any highway, road or street, or part
thereof, which is officially designated or marked
by the State Highway Commission as a part of the
State Highway System extend within the limits of
an incorporated city, town, or village, including
Home Rule Cities, regardless of whether such highway,-486-
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-99, text, June 17, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth268518/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.