81R1412 PMO-D
By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 26
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the registration of certain golf carts with the Texas
Department of Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.0071, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 502.0071. GOLF CARTS. An owner of a golf cart is not
required to register the golf cart if:
(1) the operation of the golf cart occurs in the
daytime, as defined by Section 541.401; and
(2) the operation:
(A) does not exceed a distance of two miles from
the point of origin to the destination [if driven to and from a golf
course];
(B) occurs entirely within a master planned
community with a uniform set of restrictive covenants that has had a
plat approved by a county or a municipality; or
(C) occurs on a public or private beach.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.