By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1635


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of all-terrain vehicles.                                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subdivision 1(A) of Section 663.001, Subchapter 
A, Chapter 663, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(A)  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.  Section 663.036, Subchapter C, Chapter 663, 
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 663.036.  PASSENGERS PROHIBITED.                                          
	A person may not carry a passenger on an all-terrain vehicle 
operated on public property unless the manufacturing standards for 
the vehicle make provisions for transporting passengers.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.