{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-544.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 544.003","heading":"AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THROUGH HIGHWAY AND STOP AND YIELD INTERSECTIONS.","body":"(a) The Texas Transportation Commission may:\n(1) designate a state or county highway as a through highway and place a stop or yield sign at a specified entrance; or\n(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.\n(b) A local authority may:\n(1) designate a highway under its jurisdiction as a through highway and place a stop or yield sign at a specified entrance; or\n(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.\n(c) The stop or yield sign indicating the preferential right-of-way must:\n(1) conform to the manual and specifications adopted under Section 544.001; and\n(2) be located:\n(A) as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk; or\n(B) in the absence of a crosswalk, at the nearest line of the roadway.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 544. TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND MARKINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.544.htm#544.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"daa344f128f50a42f6d08bf28b67d6c8b60b1b5fe45c76a2fdb0f7372bfdcfd9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-544.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-544.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}