87R8557 BEE-F
By: Vasut H.B. No. 2450
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to antique outboard motors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (19) to read as follows:
(19) "Antique outboard motor" means an outboard motor
that is at least 40 years of age.
SECTION 2. Section 31.055, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.055. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply
to:
(1) vessels with a valid marine document issued by the
United States Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center or
a federal agency that is a successor to the National Vessel
Documentation Center; or
(2) an antique outboard motor with a capacity of not
more than 25 horsepower.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.