77R8096 MTB-D
By King of Parker H.B. No. 651
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 651:
By Christian C.S.H.B. No. 651
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the operation of certain all-terrain vehicles on public
1-3 streets, roads, and highways.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 663.002(a), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Except as provided by Section 663.037, Chapter 521 does
1-8 not apply to the operation or ownership of an all-terrain vehicle
1-9 registered for off-highway operation.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 663.037, Transportation Code, is amended
1-11 by redesignating existing Subsection (d) as Subsection (f) and
1-12 adding new Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
1-13 (d) The operator of an all-terrain vehicle may drive the
1-14 vehicle on a public street, road, or highway that is not an
1-15 interstate or limited-access highway if:
1-16 (1) the transportation is in connection with the
1-17 production, cultivation, care, harvesting, preserving, drying,
1-18 processing, canning, storing, handling, shipping, marketing,
1-19 selling, or use of agricultural products, as defined by Section
1-20 52.002, Agriculture Code;
1-21 (2) the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle
1-22 on top of an eight foot long pole a triangular orange flag; and
1-23 (3) the operator holds a driver's license, as defined
1-24 by Section 521.001.
2-1 (e) The director of the Department of Public Safety shall
2-2 adopt standards and specifications that apply to the color, size,
2-3 and mounting position of the flag required under Subsection (d)(2).
2-4 (f) [(d)] This section does not apply to the operation of an
2-5 all-terrain vehicle that is owned by the state, a county, or a
2-6 municipality by a person who is an authorized operator of the
2-7 vehicle.
2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.