Bill Text: TX HB719 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB719 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB719-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 719 |
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relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a | ||
public highway in certain counties; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 551.402, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 551.402. REGISTRATION NOT AUTHORIZED. (a) The Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles [ |
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golf cart for operation on a public highway regardless of whether | ||
any alteration has been made to the golf cart. | ||
(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [ |
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issue license plates for a golf cart [ |
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(c) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shall by rule | ||
establish a procedure to issue the license plates to be used for | ||
operation in accordance with Sections 551.403 and 551.404. | ||
(d) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may charge a fee | ||
not to exceed $10 for the cost of the license plate. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 551.404, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to the operation authorized by Section | ||
551.403, the commissioners court of a county described by | ||
Subsection (a-2) [ |
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utility vehicle on all or part of a public highway that: | ||
(1) is located in the unincorporated area of the | ||
county; and | ||
(2) has a speed limit of not more than 35 miles per | ||
hour. | ||
(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 30,000; and | ||
(B) contains a part of a barrier island that | ||
borders the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 504.510, Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than December 31, 2013, the Texas | ||
Department of Motor Vehicles shall establish a procedure for the | ||
issuance of license plates for golf carts to be used for operation | ||
on a public highway, as required by Section 551.402(c), | ||
Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 719 was passed by the House on April | ||
11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 719 on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 719 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays | ||
2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |