81R13445 JD-F
By: Hunter H.B. No. 3979
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a motor vehicle on a highway or street
that is drawing a boat or personal watercraft in or on which a
person is riding; providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.4145 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.4145. PERSON RIDING IN OR ON BOAT OR PERSONAL
WATERCRAFT DRAWN BY VEHICLE. (a) A person commits an offense if
the person operates a motor vehicle on a highway or street and
another person occupies a boat or personal watercraft being drawn
by the motor vehicle.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
the person was operating the motor vehicle in a parade or in an
emergency.
(c) In this section, "boat" and "personal watercraft" have
the meanings assigned by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.