84R11686 JTS-D By: Farney H.B. No. 3714 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 551.404(a-2), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a-2) Subsection (a-1) applies only to a county that: (1) borders or contains a portion of the Red River; (2) borders or contains a portion of the Guadalupe River and contains a part of a barrier island that borders the Gulf of Mexico; [or] (3) is adjacent to a county described by Subdivision (2) and: (A) has a population of less than 30,000; and (B) contains a part of a barrier island that borders the Gulf of Mexico; or (4) has a population of more than 410,000 and less than 450,000. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.