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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the registration of all-terrain vehicles by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 502.001(1), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that |
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is [not a golf cart and is]: |
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(A) equipped with a saddle [or bench] for the use |
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of: |
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(i) the rider; and |
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(ii) a passenger, if the motor vehicle is |
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designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger; |
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(B) designed to propel itself with three or four |
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[more] tires in contact with the ground; |
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(C) designed by the manufacturer for off-highway |
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use by the operator only; and |
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(D) not designed by the manufacturer [primarily] |
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for farming or lawn care. |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.005(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall issue an off-highway vehicle decal |
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[to any person whose off-highway vehicle is registered under
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Section 502.006, Transportation Code,] on the payment of the fee |
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under Section 29.003(b). |
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SECTION 3. Sections 502.006(c) and (d), 502.169, 502.205, |
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and 502.406, Transportation Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |