By: Wu, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) H.B. No. 812
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standing in a roadway; amending provisions subject to a
criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 552.007, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 552.007. [SOLICITATION BY] PEDESTRIANS IN ROADWAY.
SECTION 2. Section 552.007(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person may not stand in a roadway in a manner that
impedes vehicular traffic or presents a danger to the person or
another person unless [to solicit a ride, contribution, employment,
or business from an occupant of a vehicle, except that a person may
stand in a roadway to solicit a charitable contribution if]
authorized to do so by the local authority having jurisdiction over
the roadway.
SECTION 3. Sections 552.006(b), 552.007(b) and (c), and
552.0071, Transportation Code, are repealed.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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