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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DRIVERS OF VEHICLES UPON <br />MEETING OR OVERTAKING SCHOOL BUSES WHICH HAVE <br />STOPPED TO RECEIVE OR DISCHARGE SCHOOL CHILDREN; <br />PROVIDING FOR APPROPRIATE MARKINGS OF ALL SCHOOL <br />BUSES; SETTING OUT EXCEPTIONS IN THE CASES OF ' <br />STREETS OR HIGHWAYS WITH SEPARATE ROADWAYS AND <br />CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS; AUTHORIZING THE POLICE <br />DEPARTMENT TO POST APPROPRIATE SIGNS TO ACQUAINT <br />MOTORISTS WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; <br />DESIGNATING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS <br />ORDINANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1: The following words and phrases when used in <br /> <br />this ordinance shall, for the purpose of this ordinance, have <br /> <br />the same meanings respectively ascribed to them in Acts of 1947, <br /> <br />50th Leg., p. 967, Ch. 421, compiled as Article 670ld, Vernon's <br /> <br />Texas Civil Statutes (the Uniform Act Regulating Traffic On <br /> <br />Highways), together with future amendments thereof: <br /> <br />(a) Vehicle <br />(b) School Bus <br /> <br />(c) Street or Highway <br /> <br />(d) Roadway <br /> <br />(e) Controlled Access Highway <br /> <br />Section 2: The driver of a vehicle upon any street or <br /> <br />highway inside of the limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas, <br /> <br />upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus <br /> <br />which has stopped on the street or highway for the purpose of <br /> <br />receiving or discharging any school children shall stop the <br /> <br />vehicle immediately before passing the school bus, but may then <br /> <br />proceed past such school bus at a speed which is prudent, not <br /> <br />exceeding ten (10) miles per hour, and with due catuion for the <br /> <br />safety of such children. <br /> <br />Section 3: Every bus used for the transportation of school <br /> <br />children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof a plainly <br /> <br />visible sign containing the words "school bus" in letters not less <br />