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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the authority of certain counties to authorize the  | 
         
         
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            operation of an off-highway vehicle on certain roads. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 551A.053(c), Transportation Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (c)  Subsection (b) applies only to a county that: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  borders or contains a portion of the Red River; | 
         
         
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                         (2)  borders or contains a portion of the Guadalupe  | 
         
         
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            River and contains a part of a barrier island that borders the Gulf  | 
         
         
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            of Mexico; [or] | 
         
         
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                         (3)  is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision  | 
         
         
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            (2) and: | 
         
         
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                               (A)  has a population of less than 37,000; and | 
         
         
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                               (B)  contains a part of a barrier island or  | 
         
         
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            peninsula that borders the Gulf of Mexico; | 
         
         
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                         (4)  has a population of at least 120,000 and is  | 
         
         
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            bisected by the Sabine River; or | 
         
         
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                         (5)  is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision  | 
         
         
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            (4) and has a population of less than 50,000. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |