78R8901 T

By:  Wilson                                                       H.B. No. 3144



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the display of a motor home at a show, exhibition, or 
rally in this state.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 503.003, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 503.003.  Motor Home and Automobile Convention Act.  
(a) This chapter does not prohibit:
		(1)  the display of a nonmotorized vehicle or trailer 
at a regularly scheduled vehicle or boat show with multiple vendors 
in accordance with commission rules; or
		(2)  the display of a motor home at a vehicle show, 
exhibition, or rally with multiple vendors in accordance with 
commission rules.
	(b)  Subsection (a)(2) does not authorize the sale of a motor 
home at the show, exhibition, or rally by a person who does not hold 
a general distinguishing number.
	(c)  In this section, "motor home" has the meaning assigned 
by Section 1.03, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code (Article 
4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2001.