Authority To Designate Through Highway and Stop and Yield Intersections

Sec. 544.003. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THROUGH HIGHWAY AND STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS. (a) The Texas Transportation Commission may: (1) designate a state or county highway as a through highway and place a stop or yield sign at a specified entrance; or (2) designate an intersection on a state or county highway as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and place a sign at one or more entrances to the intersection. (b) A local authority may: (1) designate a highway under its jurisdiction as a through highway and place a stop or yield sign at a specified entrance; or (2) designate an intersection on a highway under its jurisdiction as a stop intersection or a yield intersection and place a sign at one or more entrances to the intersection. (c) The stop or yield sign indicating the preferential right-of-way must: (1) conform to the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001; and (2) be located: (A) as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk; or (B) in the absence of a crosswalk, at the nearest line of the roadway. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.