1-1 By: Krusee (Senate Sponsor - Jackson) H.B. No. 1359
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1999;
1-3 April 27, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 7, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 7, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the use of golf carts on public roadways.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 502.284(a), Transportation Code, is
1-11 amended to read as follows:
1-12 (a) An owner of a golf cart [driven to and from a golf
1-13 course] is not required to register the golf cart if:
1-14 (1) the operation of the golf cart occurs in the
1-15 daytime, as defined by Section 541.401; and
1-16 (2) the operation:
1-17 (A) does not exceed a distance of two miles from
1-18 the point of origin to the destination if driven to and from a golf
1-19 course; or
1-20 (B) occurs entirely within a master planned
1-21 community with a uniform set of restrictive covenants that has had
1-22 a plat approved by a county or a municipality.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-24 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-25 to activity taking place on or after the effective date of this
1-26 Act. Activity that took place before the effective date of this Act
1-27 is covered by the law in effect when the activity occurred, and the
1-28 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-29 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-30 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-31 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-32 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-33 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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