Bill Text: TX HB3654 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of road machinery for purposes of certain provisions governing vehicle equipment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3654 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3654-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3654

AN ACT
relating to the definition of road machinery for purposes of
certain provisions governing vehicle equipment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.001, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subdivision (5-a) to read as follows:
(5-a) "Road machinery" means a self-propelled vehicle
that:
(A) was originally and permanently designed as
machinery;
(B) is not designed or used primarily to
transport persons or property; and
(C) is only incidentally operated on a highway.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3654 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3654 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor