SRC-LBB S.B. 1635 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1635
By: Staples
Infrastructure Development and Security
4/1/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a person is prohibited from carrying a passenger on an
all-terrain vehicle on public property.  As proposed, S.B. 1635 amends
Section 663.001 of the Transportation Code to change the definition of an
all-terrain vehicle to include a vehicle manufactured with additional
seating for transporting passengers, allowing an individual to carry a
passenger if the manufacturing standards for the vehicle make provisions
for transporting passengers. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subdivision 1(A), of Section 663.001, Chapter 663A,
Transportation Code, to read "equipped with a saddle for the use of the
rider or any passenger when manufacturing standards for the vehicle make
provisions for transporting passengers." 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 663.036, Chapter 663C, Transportation Code, to
include the language "unless the manufacturing standards for the vehicle
make provisions for transporting passengers," as an exception to the
prohibition against carrying a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle
operated on public property. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.