Plain English Breakdown
The official summary and bill text do not provide details on how many counties will choose to delegate authority or when the new rules take effect.
Speed Limit Changes for Tennessee Counties
This bill changes how counties can set lower speed limits on roads they maintain and specifies that appropriate signs must be put up when setting new speed limits.
What This Bill Does
- Gives county legislative bodies the power to set lower speed limits on roads maintained by their county, including those with a metropolitan form of government.
- Requires counties to erect appropriate signs and traffic signals when setting new speed limits.
- Allows counties to delegate authority to lower speed limits to the chief administrative officer of the highway department if an engineer capable of conducting engineering and traffic investigations is employed.
Who It Names or Affects
- County legislative bodies
- Chief administrative officers of county highway departments
Terms To Know
- MUTCD
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which provides guidelines for traffic signs and signals.
- Engineering and traffic investigations
- Studies done to determine safe speed limits based on road conditions and traffic patterns.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify when the new rules will take effect.
- It is unclear how many counties will choose to delegate authority to lower speed limits.