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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the registration of certain golf carts with 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 502.0071, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 502.0071. GOLF CARTS. An owner of a golf cart is not |
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required to register the golf cart if: |
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(1) the operation of the golf cart occurs in the |
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daytime, as defined by Section 541.401; and |
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(2) the operation: |
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(A) does not exceed a distance of two miles from |
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the point of origin to the destination [if driven to and from a golf
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course]; |
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(B) originates in [occurs entirely within] a |
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master planned community with a uniform set of restrictive |
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covenants that has had a plat approved by a county or a |
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municipality; or |
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(C) occurs on a public or private beach. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |