Amend CSHB 3588 by adding the following section to Article 12 
of the bill and renumbering subsequent sections as follows:
	SECTION _____.  Chapter 551, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER D.  NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES
	Sec. 551.301.  DEFINITION.  (a)  In this subchapter, 
"neighborhood electric vehicle" means a vehicle subject to Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (49 CFR 571.500).
	Sec. 551.302.  OPERATION ON ROADWAY.  (a)  A neighborhood 
electric vehicle may be operated only on a street or highway for 
which the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less.  The 
vehicle may cross a road or street at an intersection where the road 
or street has a posted speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour.
	(b)  A county or municipality may prohibit the operation of a 
neighborhood electric vehicle on any street or highway if the 
governing body of the county or municipality determines that the 
prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.
	(c)  The department may prohibit the operation of a 
neighborhood electric vehicle on a highway if it determines that 
the prohibition is necessary in the interest of safety.