Bill Text: TX HB1170 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-15 - Considered in Local & Consent Calendars [HB1170 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1170-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Lavender | H.B. No. 1170 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1170: | |||
By: Pickett | C.S.H.B. No. 1170 |
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relating to all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway | ||
vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 502.001(1) and (37), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that | ||
is: | ||
(A) equipped with a seat or seats [ |
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the use of: | ||
(i) the rider; and | ||
(ii) a passenger, if the motor vehicle is | ||
designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger; | ||
(B) designed to propel itself with three or more | ||
tires in contact with the ground; | ||
(C) designed by the manufacturer for off-highway | ||
use; [ |
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(D) not designed by the manufacturer primarily | ||
for farming or lawn care; and | ||
(E) not more than 50 inches wide. | ||
(37) "Recreational off-highway vehicle" means a motor | ||
vehicle that is: | ||
(A) equipped with a [ |
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for the use of: | ||
(i) the rider; and | ||
(ii) a passenger or passengers, if the | ||
vehicle is designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger or | ||
passengers; | ||
(B) designed to propel itself with four or more | ||
tires in contact with the ground; | ||
(C) designed by the manufacturer for off-highway | ||
use by the operator only; [ |
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(D) not designed by the manufacturer primarily | ||
for farming or lawn care; and | ||
(E) not more than 65 inches wide. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 663.001(1), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that | ||
is: | ||
(A) equipped with a seat or seats [ |
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the use of: | ||
(i) the rider; and | ||
(ii) a passenger, if the motor vehicle is | ||
designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger; | ||
(B) designed to propel itself with three or four | ||
tires in contact with the ground; | ||
(C) designed by the manufacturer for off-highway | ||
use by the operator only; [ |
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(D) not designed by the manufacturer for farming | ||
or lawn care; and | ||
(E) not more than 50 inches wide. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |