83R2921 JAM-D
 
  By: Davis S.B. No. 487
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway
  vehicles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 502.001(1) and (37), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that
  is:
                     (A)  equipped with a seat or seats [saddle] for
  the use of:
                           (i)  the rider; and
                           (ii)  a passenger, if the motor vehicle is
  designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger;
                     (B)  designed to propel itself with three or more
  tires in contact with the ground;
                     (C)  designed by the manufacturer for off-highway
  use; [and]
                     (D)  not designed by the manufacturer primarily
  for farming or lawn care; and
                     (E)  not more than 50 inches wide.
               (37)  "Recreational off-highway vehicle" means a motor
  vehicle that is:
                     (A)  equipped with a [non-straddle] seat or seats
  for the use of:
                           (i)  the rider; and
                           (ii)  a passenger, if the vehicle is
  designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger;
                     (B)  designed to propel itself with four or more
  tires in contact with the ground;
                     (C)  designed by the manufacturer for off-highway
  use by the operator only; [and]
                     (D)  not designed by the manufacturer primarily
  for farming or lawn care; and
                     (E)  not more than 65 inches wide.
         SECTION 2.  Section 663.001(1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (1)  "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that
  is:
                     (A)  equipped with a seat or seats [saddle] for
  the use of:
                           (i)  the rider; and
                           (ii)  a passenger, if the motor vehicle is
  designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger;
                     (B)  designed to propel itself with three or four
  tires in contact with the ground;
                     (C)  designed by the manufacturer for off-highway
  use by the operator only; [and]
                     (D)  not designed by the manufacturer for farming
  or lawn care; and
                     (E)  not more than 50 inches wide.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.