89R10069 GP-D
 
  By: Toth H.B. No. 3084
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to solicitation by pedestrians.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.007(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person may not stand in a roadway or the right-of-way
  of a roadway to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or
  business from an occupant of a vehicle[, except that a person may
  stand in a roadway to solicit a charitable contribution if
  authorized to do so by the local authority having jurisdiction over
  the roadway].
         SECTION 2.  The following provisions of the Transportation
  Code are repealed:
               (1)  Section 552.007(c); and
               (2)  Section 552.0071.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An
  offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of
  this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
  this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.