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; or
1-17 (C) occurs on a public or private beach.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-19 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-20 to activity taking place on or after the effective date of this
1-21 Act. Activity that took place before the effective date of this Act
1-22 is covered by the law in effect when the activity occurred, and the
1-23 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1359 was passed by the House on April
23, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1359 on May 17, 1999, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1359 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 13, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor