By: Reynolds, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 1107

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017; May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; May 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to county regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 285.001(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 1.3 million and a county with a population of more than 550,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of four million by order may regulate the following in the unincorporated area of the county if they occur on a public highway or road, in the right-of-way of a public highway or road, or in a parking lot:

(1) the sale of items by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live animals;

(2) the erection, maintenance, or placement of a structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live animals; and

(3) the solicitation of money.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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