By: Darby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 2960
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2011;
May 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 20, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2011,
sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to vehicles used for the purpose of participating in
equine activities or attending livestock shows.
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) for the purpose of participating in equine
activities or attending livestock shows, as defined by Section
87.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
SECTION 2. Section 504.504(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An owner is not required to register a vehicle that is
used only temporarily on the highways if the vehicle is:
(1) a farm trailer or farm semitrailer with a gross
weight of more than 4,000 pounds but not more than 34,000 pounds
that is used exclusively [to transport]:
(A) to transport seasonally harvested
agricultural products or livestock from the place of production to
the place of processing, market, or storage; [or]
(B) to transport farm supplies from the place of
loading to the farm; or
(C) for the purpose of participating in equine
activities or attending livestock shows, as defined by Section
87.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code;
(2) machinery used exclusively for the purpose of
drilling water wells; or
(3) construction machinery that is not designed to
transport persons or property on a public highway.
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.
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