By King of Parker H.B. No. 651
77R2011 MTB-D
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 663.037, Transportation Code, is amended
1-6 by redesignating existing Subsection (d) as Subsection (f) and
1-7 adding new Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
1-8 (d) The operator of an all-terrain vehicle may drive the
1-9 vehicle on a public street, road, or highway that is not an
1-10 interstate or limited-access highway if:
1-11 (1) the transportation is in connection with the
1-12 production, cultivation, care, harvesting, preserving, drying,
1-13 processing, canning, storing, handling, shipping, marketing,
1-14 selling, or use of agricultural products, as defined by Section
1-15 52.002, Agriculture Code; and
1-16 (2) the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle
1-17 on top of an eight foot long pole a triangular orange flag.
1-18 (e) The director of the Department of Public Safety shall
1-19 adopt standards and specifications that apply to the color, size,
1-20 and mounting position of the flag required under Subsection (d)(2).
1-21 (f) [(d)] This section does not apply to the operation of an
1-22 all-terrain vehicle that is owned by the state, a county, or a
1-23 municipality by a person who is an authorized operator of the
1-24 vehicle.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.