Tex.
Transp. Code Section 542.202
Powers of Local Authorities
(a)
This subtitle does not prevent a local authority, with respect to a highway under its jurisdiction and in the reasonable exercise of the police power, from:(1)
regulating traffic by police officers or traffic-control devices;(2)
regulating the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle;(3)
regulating or prohibiting a procession or assemblage on a highway;(4)
regulating the operation and requiring registration and licensing of a bicycle or electric bicycle, including payment of a registration fee, except as provided by Section 551.106 (Regulation of Bicycles by Department or Local Authority);(5)
regulating the time, place, and manner in which a roller skater may use a highway;(6)
regulating the speed of a vehicle in a public park;(7)
regulating or prohibiting the turning of a vehicle or specified type of vehicle at an intersection;(8)
designating an intersection as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and requiring each vehicle to stop or yield at one or more entrances to the intersection;(9)
designating a highway as a through highway;(10)
designating a highway as a one-way highway and requiring each vehicle on the highway to move in one specific direction;(11)
designating school crossing guards and school crossing zones;(12)
altering a speed limit as authorized by this subtitle; or(13)
adopting other traffic rules specifically authorized by this subtitle.(b)
In this section:(1)
“Roller skater” means a person wearing footwear with a set of wheels attached.(2)
“Through highway” means a highway or a portion of a highway on which:(A)
vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way; and(B)
vehicular traffic entering from an intersecting highway is required by law to yield right-of-way in compliance with an official traffic-control device.(3)
“Regulating” means criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement against a person, including the owner or operator of a motor vehicle, in accordance with a state law or a municipal ordinance.
Source:
Section 542.202 — Powers of Local Authorities, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.542.htm#542.202 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
