80R2504 JTS-D
 
  By: Ellis S.B. No. 254
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sale of live animals 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 2.2 million by order may
regulate the following if they occur on a public highway or road, in
the right-of-way of a public highway or road, or in a parking lot in
the unincorporated area of the county [or in the right-of-way of the
highway or road]:
             (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.