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