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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to solicitation by pedestrians. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.007(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person may not stand in a roadway or the right-of-way |
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of a roadway to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or |
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business from an occupant of a vehicle[, except that a person may |
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stand in a roadway to solicit a charitable contribution if |
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authorized to do so by the local authority having jurisdiction over |
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the roadway]. |
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SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Transportation |
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Code are repealed: |
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(1) Section 552.007(c); and |
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(2) Section 552.0071. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |