Bill Text: TX HB1875 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of the Plains Junction Trail by adjoining landowners.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - No action taken in committee [HB1875 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1875-Introduced.html
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By: Elkins | H.B. No. 1875 |
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relating to the use of the Plains Junction Trail by adjoining | ||
landowners. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 28, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 28.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.005. PLAINS JUNCTION TRAIL. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Owner" includes the owner's lessee, employee, or | ||
guest. | ||
(2) "Plains Junction Trail" means the part of the | ||
Caprock Canyons Trailway in Hall County that extends approximately | ||
10 miles from the Estelline Terminal on United States Highway 287 to | ||
Parnell Station trailhead on State Highway 86. | ||
(b) The owner of land adjoining the Plains Junction Trail | ||
may operate a motor driven vehicle or motor driven equipment, as | ||
determined by the commission, on the trail right-of-way if the | ||
operation of the motor driven vehicle or equipment is: | ||
(1) temporary; | ||
(2) occasional; and | ||
(3) necessary or convenient for the transportation of | ||
animals, equipment, or people. | ||
(c) An owner operating a motor driven vehicle or equipment | ||
under Subsection (b): | ||
(1) is exempt from any permit or fee required by the | ||
department for use of the Plains Junction Trail; and | ||
(2) must avoid causing permanent damage to the plant | ||
life and geological features of the Plains Junction Trail. | ||
(d) Operation of a motor driven vehicle or equipment under | ||
this section is subject to regulation by the department to protect | ||
the safety of persons or property. | ||
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, 2017. |