| 1 | 1 | | 84R6736 AAF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Murphy H.B. No. 936 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 551.301, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 551.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, |
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| 12 | 12 | | "neighborhood electric vehicle" means a vehicle used for |
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| 13 | 13 | | recreational or commercial purposes that can attain a maximum speed |
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| 14 | 14 | | of 35 miles per hour on a paved level surface and otherwise complies |
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| 15 | 15 | | with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (49 C.F.R. Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 571.500). |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 551.304(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (a) An operator may operate a neighborhood electric |
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| 20 | 20 | | vehicle: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) in a master planned community: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) that has in place a uniform set of |
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| 23 | 23 | | restrictive covenants; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) for which a county or municipality has |
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| 25 | 25 | | approved a plat; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) on a public or private beach; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (3) on a public highway for which the posted speed |
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| 28 | 28 | | limit is not more than 35 miles per hour[, if the neighborhood |
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| 29 | 29 | | electric vehicle is operated: |
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| 30 | 30 | | [(A) during the daytime; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | [(B) not more than two miles from the location |
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| 32 | 32 | | where the neighborhood electric vehicle is usually parked and for |
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| 33 | 33 | | transportation to or from a golf course]. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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