Bill Text: TX HB1768 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2011-06-17 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1768 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1768-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1768 |
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relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in | ||
certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 285.001, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 285.001. REGULATION OF ROADSIDE VENDOR AND SOLICITOR. | ||
(a) To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of a | ||
county with a population of more than 450,000 [ |
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may regulate the following in the unincorporated area of the county | ||
if they occur on a public highway or road, in the right-of-way of a | ||
public highway or road, or in a parking lot: | ||
(1) the sale of items by a vendor of food or | ||
merchandise, including live animals except as provided by | ||
Subsection (b); | ||
(2) the erection, maintenance, or placement of a | ||
structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live | ||
animals; and | ||
(3) the solicitation of money. | ||
(b) An order under Subsection (a) adopted by the | ||
commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 3.3 | ||
million may not prohibit the sale of livestock. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1768 was passed by the House on April | ||
14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1768 on May 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1768 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |