By: Davis  S.B. No. 487
         (In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2013; February 13, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
  March 25, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 25, 2013,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 487 By:  Davis
 
 
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.  Subdivisions (1) and (37), Section 502.001,
  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 or passengers, if the
  vehicle is designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger or
  passengers;
                     (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.
         SECTION 2.  Subdivision (1), Section 663.001,
  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.
 
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