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Texas Transportation Code § 542.206

Effect of Speed Limits in a Civil Action

General Provisions · Uniformity and Interpretation of Traffic Laws

A provision of this subtitle declaring a maximum or minimum speed limit does not relieve the plaintiff in a civil action from the burden of proving negligence of the defendant as the proximate cause of a collision.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2023.