Bill Text: TX HB920 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB920 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB920-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 920 |
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relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational | ||
off-highway vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 663.037(d) and (g), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The operator of an all-terrain vehicle may drive the | ||
vehicle on a public street, road, or highway that is not an | ||
interstate or limited-access highway if: | ||
(1) the transportation is in connection with: | ||
(A) the production, cultivation, care, | ||
harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, storing, | ||
handling, shipping, marketing, selling, or use of agricultural | ||
products, as defined by Section 52.002, Agriculture Code; or | ||
(B) utility work performed by a utility; | ||
(2) the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle | ||
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at least six feet above ground level; | ||
(3) the vehicle's headlights and taillights are | ||
illuminated; | ||
(4) the operator holds a driver's license, as defined | ||
by Section 521.001; | ||
(5) the operation of the all-terrain vehicle occurs in | ||
the daytime; and | ||
(6) the operation of the all-terrain vehicle does not | ||
exceed a distance of 25 miles from the point of origin to the | ||
destination. | ||
(g) A peace officer or other person who provides law | ||
enforcement, firefighting, ambulance, medical, or other emergency | ||
services, including a volunteer firefighter, may operate an | ||
all-terrain vehicle on a public street, road, or highway that is not | ||
an interstate or limited-access highway only if: | ||
(1) the transportation is in connection with the | ||
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flag that is at least six feet above ground level; | ||
(3) the vehicle's headlights and taillights are | ||
illuminated; | ||
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as defined by Section 521.001; and | ||
(5) the operation of the all-terrain vehicle does not | ||
exceed a distance of 10 [ |
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miles from the point of origin to the | ||
destination. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 920 was passed by the House on April | ||
13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 920 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 920 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
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Governor |