80R17455 JTS-D
 
  By: Ellis S.B. No. 254
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 254:
 
  By:  Leibowitz C.S.S.B. No. 254
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the sale of live animals in certain counties on a public
  highway or road, the right-of-way of a public highway or road, or a
  parking lot.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 285.001, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 285.001.  REGULATION OF ROADSIDE VENDOR AND SOLICITOR.  
  To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of a county
  with a population of more than 1.3 [2.2] million by order may
  regulate the following in the unincorporated area of the county if
  they occur on a public highway or road, [in the unincorporated area
  of the county or] in the right-of-way of a public [the] highway or
  road, or in a parking lot:
               (1)  the sale of items by a vendor of food or
  merchandise, including live animals;
               (2)  the erection, maintenance, or placement of a
  structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live
  animals; and
               (3)  the solicitation of money.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.