1-1 By: King of Parker (Senate Sponsor - Haywood) H.B. No. 651
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2001;
1-3 April 20, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Natural Resources; May 4, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Haywood
1-7 Amendment: On Page 1 after Line 35, add the following:
1-8 (4) Provision of the Texas Transportation Code regarding helmet
1-9 and eye protection use, safety certification, and other vehicular
1-10 restrictions do not apply to this subsection.
1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12 AN ACT
1-13 relating to the operation of certain all-terrain vehicles on public
1-14 streets, roads, and highways.
1-15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-16 SECTION 1. Section 663.002(a), Transportation Code, is
1-17 amended to read as follows:
1-18 (a) Except as provided by Section 663.037, Chapter 521 does
1-19 not apply to the operation or ownership of an all-terrain vehicle
1-20 registered for off-highway operation.
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 663.037, Transportation Code, is amended
1-22 by redesignating existing Subsection (d) as Subsection (f) and
1-23 adding new Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
1-24 (d) The operator of an all-terrain vehicle may drive the
1-25 vehicle on a public street, road, or highway that is not an
1-26 interstate or limited-access highway if:
1-27 (1) the transportation is in connection with the
1-28 production, cultivation, care, harvesting, preserving, drying,
1-29 processing, canning, storing, handling, shipping, marketing,
1-30 selling, or use of agricultural products, as defined by Section
1-31 52.002, Agriculture Code;
1-32 (2) the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle
1-33 on top of an eight foot long pole a triangular orange flag; and
1-34 (3) the operator holds a driver's license, as defined
1-35 by Section 521.001.
1-36 (e) The director of the Department of Public Safety shall
1-37 adopt standards and specifications that apply to the color, size,
1-38 and mounting position of the flag required under Subsection (d)(2).
1-39 (f) [(d)] This section does not apply to the operation of an
1-40 all-terrain vehicle that is owned by the state, a county, or a
1-41 municipality by a person who is an authorized operator of the
1-42 vehicle.
1-43 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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