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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric |
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vehicle being operated on a street or highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 551.301, |
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Transportation Code, as amended by Chapters 281 (H.B. 2702) and |
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1242 (H.B. 1596), Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2005, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a vehicle |
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that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level |
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surface and otherwise complies with [subject to] Federal Motor |
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Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (49 C.F.R. Section 571.500). |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 551.303, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated only on |
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a street or highway for which the posted speed limit is 45 [35] |
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miles per hour or less. A neighborhood electric vehicle may cross a |
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road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a |
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posted speed limit of more than 45 [35] miles per hour. A |
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neighborhood electric vehicle may not be operated on a street or |
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highway at a speed that exceeds the lesser of: |
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(1) the posted speed limit; or |
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(2) 35 miles per hour. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |