Bill Text: TX HB1037 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to permits for certain vehicles being operated in connection with a motor sports racing event.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Referred to Transportation [HB1037 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1037-Introduced.html
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By: Price | H.B. No. 1037 |
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relating to permits for certain vehicles being operated in | ||
connection with a motor sports racing event. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 623, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 623.0173 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 623.0173. MOTOR SPORTS RACING EVENT PERMIT. (a) In | ||
this section, "motor sports racing event" means an automobile | ||
racing event and all activities leading up to that event, including | ||
administration, testing, practice, promotion, and merchandising, | ||
that is sanctioned by the Automobile Competition Committee for the | ||
United States (ACCUS). | ||
(b) The department shall issue an annual permit that allows | ||
a person to operate over a state highway or road a combination of | ||
vehicles that exceeds the length limit provided by law if the | ||
combination of vehicles: | ||
(1) does not exceed 85 feet in length; and | ||
(2) is being operated: | ||
(A) for personal, noncommercial use; and | ||
(B) primarily or exclusively in connection with a | ||
motor sports racing event. | ||
(c) A permit issued under this section must be carried in | ||
the vehicle for which it is issued. | ||
(d) The department may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
this section, including rules governing the application for a | ||
permit under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |