82R9539 JXC-F
By: Darby H.B. No. 2960
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to farm vehicles and vehicles controlled and operated by
farmers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.163(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A commercial motor vehicle may be registered under this
section despite its use for transporting without charge the owner
or a member of the owner's family:
(1) to attend church or school;
(2) to visit a doctor for medical treatment or
supplies; [or]
(3) for other necessities of the home or family; or
(4) to participate in equine activities or attend
livestock shows, as defined by Section 87.001, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code.
SECTION 2. Section 522.004(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a vehicle that is controlled and operated by a
farmer and:
(A) used to transport agricultural products,
farm machinery, or farm supplies to or from a farm; and
(B) [used within 150 miles of the person's farm;
and
[(C)] not used in the operations of a common or
contract motor carrier;
(2) a fire-fighting or emergency vehicle necessary to
the preservation of life or property or the execution of emergency
governmental functions, whether operated by an employee of a
political subdivision or by a volunteer fire fighter;
(3) a military vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle,
when operated for military purposes by military personnel,
including:
(A) active duty military personnel, including
personnel serving in the United States Coast Guard; and
(B) members of the reserves and national guard on
active duty, including personnel on full-time national guard duty,
personnel engaged in part-time training, and national guard
military technicians;
(4) a recreational vehicle that is driven for personal
use;
(5) a vehicle that is owned, leased, or controlled by
an air carrier, as defined by Section 21.155, and that is driven or
operated exclusively by an employee of the air carrier only on the
premises of an airport, as defined by Section 22.001, on service
roads to which the public does not have access; or
(6) a vehicle used exclusively to transport seed
cotton modules or cotton burrs.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.