Honorable Garnet Coleman, Chair, House Committee on County Affairs
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1768 by Munoz, Jr. (Relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Transportation Code to allow a commissioners court with a population of more than 450,000 to regulate practices relating to the sale of items by a vendor, the erection of a structure by a vendor, or solicitation of money that occur on a public highway or road, in a right-of-way, or in a parking lot in an unincorporated area of a county. A county would be prohibited from regulating the sale of livestock under this section.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.