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By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) |
H.B. No. 3089 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2007; |
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April 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 8, 2007, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2007, sent |
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to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of a roadway in connection with the |
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prohibition against solicitation by a pedestrian. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.0071, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) For purposes of a solicitation under Subsection (a), a |
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roadway is defined to include the roadbed, shoulder, median, curbs, |
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safety zones, sidewalks, and utility easements located adjacent to |
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or near the roadway. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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