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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in |
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certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 285.001(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of |
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more than 200,000 [870,000] that borders the United Mexican States |
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by order may regulate the following activities in the |
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unincorporated areas of the county, provided that the activities |
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occur in a parking lot or on or in the right-of-way of a public |
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highway or road [described by Subsection (a) in the manner |
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described by that subsection, except that]: |
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(1) the sale of items and the erection, maintenance, |
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or placement of a structure by a vendor of live animals [the |
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regulation of activities on or in the right-of-way of a public |
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highway or road is limited to public highways and roads with a speed |
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limit of 40 miles per hour or faster]; and |
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(2) the solicitation of money [the county may not |
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prohibit the sale of livestock]. |
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(c) A county regulating vendors under Subsection (b): |
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(1) may require that a vendor be located not closer to |
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the edge of the public highway or road than a distance that is equal |
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to one-half the width of the right-of-way adjacent to the highway or |
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road; and |
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(2) may not adopt an order under Subsection (b) |
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prohibiting the sale of livestock. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2731 was passed by the House on May |
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16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 82, Nays 38, 3 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2731 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 38, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2731 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays |
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3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |