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  89R11801 RDR-D     By: Romero H.B. No. 5376       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a municipality to restrict the use of   toll roads by certain vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Tiffany's Law.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 545.0651, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 545.0651.   STATE AND MUNICIPAL RESTRICTION ON USE OF   HIGHWAY.          SECTION 3.  Section 545.0651(a), Transportation Code, is   amended by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:                 (3)     "Toll project" has the meaning assigned by Section   372.001.          SECTION 4.  Section 545.0651, Transportation Code, is   amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection   (b-1) to read as follows:          (b)  The commission by order may restrict, by class of   vehicle, through traffic to two or more designated lanes of a   highway.  If the lanes to be restricted by the commission are   located within a municipality, the commission shall consult with   the municipality before adopting an order under this section.           (b-1)   A municipality by ordinance may :                 (1)   restrict, by class of vehicle, through traffic to   two or more designated lanes of a highway in the municipality ; and                 (2)     prohibit, by class of vehicle, the use of a toll   project in the municipality .          (c)  An order under Subsection (b) or an ordinance under   Subsection (b-1)(1) [ (b) ] must allow a restricted vehicle to use   any lane of the highway to pass another vehicle and to enter and   exit the highway.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.