By Krusee                                             H.B. No. 1359
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the use of golf carts on public roadways.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 502.284(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a) An owner of a golf cart [driven to and from a golf
 1-7     course] is not required to register the golf cart if:
 1-8                 (1)  the operation of the golf cart occurs in the
 1-9     daytime, as defined by Section 541.401; and
1-10                 (2)  the operation:
1-11                       (A)  does not exceed a distance of two miles from
1-12     the point of origin to the destination if driven to and from a golf
1-13     course; or
1-14                       (B)  occurs entirely within a master planned
1-15     community with a uniform set of restrictive covenants that has had
1-16     a plat approved by a county or a municipality.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-18           SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-19     to activity taking place on or after the effective date of this
1-20     Act. Activity that took place before the effective date of this Act
1-21     is covered by the law in effect when the activity occurred, and the
1-22     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-24     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.