By: Ellis S.B. No. 254

(In the Senate - Filed January 19, 2007; January 30, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; February 19, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; February 19, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 254 By: Wentworth

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 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.

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