Bill Text: TX SB206 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of golf carts in certain areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-27 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB206 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB206-Comm_Sub.html
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 206 | |
(In the Senate - Filed November 17, 2020; March 3, 2021, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; | ||
April 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 22, 2021, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 206 | By: Hancock |
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relating to the operation of golf carts in certain areas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 551.403, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 551.403. OPERATION AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN AREAS. (a) | ||
An operator may operate a golf cart: | ||
(1) in a master planned community: | ||
(A) that is a residential subdivision as defined | ||
by Section 209.002(9), Property Code, or has in place a uniform set | ||
of restrictive covenants; and | ||
(B) for which a county or municipality has | ||
approved one or more plats [ |
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(2) on a public or private beach that is open to | ||
vehicular traffic; or | ||
(3) on a highway for which the posted speed limit is | ||
not more than 35 miles per hour, if the golf cart is operated: | ||
(A) during the daytime; and | ||
(B) not more than two miles from the location | ||
where the golf cart is usually parked and for transportation to or | ||
from a golf course. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 551.402(b), a person may | ||
operate a golf cart in a master planned community described by | ||
Subsection (a) without a golf cart license plate on a highway for | ||
which the posted speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour, | ||
including through an intersection of a highway for which the posted | ||
speed limit is more than 35 miles per hour. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 551.4031, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 551.4031. PROHIBITION OF OPERATION ON HIGHWAY BY | ||
MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY, OR DEPARTMENT. (a) A county or municipality | ||
may prohibit the operation of a golf cart on a highway under Section | ||
551.403 [ |
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municipality determines that the prohibition is necessary in the | ||
interest of safety. | ||
(b) The Texas Department of Transportation may prohibit the | ||
operation of a golf cart on a highway under Section 551.403 | ||
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necessary in the interest of safety. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
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