Bill Text: TX HB2968 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB2968 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2968-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB2968 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2968-Introduced.html
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By: Bonnen of Brazoria | H.B. No. 2968 |
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relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a | ||
public highway in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 551.404(a-2), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) Subsection (a-1) applies only to a county that: | ||
(1) borders or contains a portion of the Red River; | ||
(2) borders or contains a portion of the Guadalupe | ||
River and contains a part of a barrier island that borders the Gulf | ||
of Mexico; or | ||
(3) is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision | ||
(2) and: | ||
(A) has a population of less than 37,000 | ||
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(B) contains a part of a barrier island or | ||
peninsula that borders the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
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. |