81R5272 JD-F
By: Carona S.B. No. 1507
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to motor vehicles; providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.002(1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Certificate of title" means a printed record of
title [an instrument] issued under Section 501.021.
SECTION 2. Section 502.001(1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "All-terrain vehicle" means a motor vehicle that
is:
(A) equipped with a saddle, bench, or bucket
seats for the use of:
(i) the rider; and
(ii) a passenger, if the motor vehicle is
designed by the manufacturer to transport a passenger;
(B) designed to propel itself with three or more
tires in contact with the ground; and
(C) designed by the manufacturer for off-highway
use [; and
[(D) not designed by the manufacturer primarily
for farming or lawn care].
SECTION 3. Subchapter A, Chapter 520, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 520.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 520.003. RULES. The department may adopt rules to
administer this chapter.
SECTION 4. Section 520.036, Transportation Code, is
transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 520, Transportation Code, and
renumbered as Section 520.026, Transportation Code, to read as
follows:
Sec. 520.026 [520.036]. GENERAL PENALTY. (a) A person
commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter in a
manner for which a specific penalty is not provided.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $200.
SECTION 5. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2009.
(b) An offense committed before September 1, 2009, is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this subsection, an offense was committed before September 1, 2009,
if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.