By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1257
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
April 19, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 5, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 5, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of personal property for purposes of
removing personal property from a roadway or right-of-way.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.3051(a)(3), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Personal property" means:
(A) a vehicle described by Section 545.305;
(B) spilled cargo;
(C) a hazardous material as defined by 49 U.S.C.
Section 5102 and its subsequent amendments; [or]
(D) a hazardous substance as defined by Section
26.263, Water Code; or
(E) an unattended manufactured home as defined by
Section 1201.003, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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