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| 1 | 1 | 86R10276 JXC-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1863 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the types of vehicles regulated as neighborhood | |
| 8 | 8 | electric vehicles. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 551.301, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 551.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, | |
| 13 | 13 | "neighborhood electric vehicle" means an electric [a] vehicle that | |
| 14 | 14 | can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level | |
| 15 | 15 | surface and otherwise complies with: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards applicable | |
| 17 | 17 | to motorcycles in 49 C.F.R. Part 571 for a vehicle that has at least | |
| 18 | 18 | three wheels in contact with the ground; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (49 | |
| 20 | 20 | C.F.R. Section 571.500) for low-speed vehicles. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |