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. e Designated portion of State Highway 225 means that portion of State Highway 225 between the point at which the corporate limits of the cities of Deer Park and La Porte abut on the West and the intersection of Sens Road overpass on the East. Peak traffic hours means the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Truck means a "truck" as defined in Section 541.201 of the Texas Transportation Code that has three or more axles or a "truck tractor" as defined in Section 541.201 of the Texas Transportation Code, regardless of whether the truck tractor is drawing another vehicle or trailer. Workday means Monday through Friday, holidays observed by the closure of City of La Porte offices excepted. Section 3. Any person driving or operating a truck on the designated portion of State Highway 225 during peak traffic hours on any workday shall not utilize any controlled access lane other than the authorized lanes. Section 4. That enforcement of this Ordinance is subject to Section 545.0651 of the Texas Transportation Code, and the prohibition established in Section 3 of this Ordinance shall not be effective during any period of suspension or revision of approval by the Executive Director of the Texas Department of Transportation or the Director's designee as provided in Subsection (f) of Section 545.0651 or during any period when traffic control devices that are required to be erected and maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 545.0651 are not in place, nor shall the provisions of this Ordinance be construed to prohibit operation of a truck in a lane other than an authorized lane for the purpose of passing another vehicle or for the purpose of entering and exiting the Highway. The provisions established under Section 4 shall constitute defenses to prosecution under this Ordinance. Section 5. Any person, as provided in Subchapter D of Chapter 542 of the Texas Transportation Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00). Section 6. If any provisions, section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance, of the application of same to any person or set of circumstances is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid, the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City Council in adopting this new Ordinance that no portion hereof or