| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed November 17, 2020; March 3, 2021, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | | - | April 22, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 22, 2021, |
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| 6 | | - | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 206 By: Hancock |
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| 15 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 551.403, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 9 | + | SECTION 1. Section 551.304(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 10 | + | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | + | (a) An operator may operate a neighborhood electric |
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| 12 | + | vehicle: |
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| 13 | + | (1) in a master planned community: |
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| 14 | + | (A) that is a residential subdivision as defined |
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| 15 | + | by Section 209.002(9), Property Code, or has in place a uniform set |
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| 16 | + | of restrictive covenants; and |
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| 17 | + | (B) for which a county or municipality has |
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| 18 | + | approved one or more plats [a plat]; |
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| 19 | + | (2) on a public or private beach; or |
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| 20 | + | (3) on a public highway for which the posted speed |
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| 21 | + | limit is not more than 35 miles per hour, if the neighborhood |
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| 22 | + | electric vehicle is operated: |
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| 23 | + | (A) during the daytime; and |
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| 24 | + | (B) not more than two miles from the location |
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| 25 | + | where the neighborhood electric vehicle is usually parked and for |
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| 26 | + | transportation to or from a golf course. |
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| 27 | + | SECTION 2. Section 551.403, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 19 | 31 | | (1) in a master planned community: |
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| 20 | 32 | | (A) that is a residential subdivision as defined |
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| 21 | 33 | | by Section 209.002(9), Property Code, or has in place a uniform set |
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| 22 | 34 | | of restrictive covenants; and |
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| 23 | 35 | | (B) for which a county or municipality has |
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| 24 | 36 | | approved one or more plats [a plat]; |
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| 25 | 37 | | (2) on a public or private beach that is open to |
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| 26 | 38 | | vehicular traffic; or |
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| 27 | 39 | | (3) on a highway for which the posted speed limit is |
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| 28 | 40 | | not more than 35 miles per hour, if the golf cart is operated: |
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| 29 | 41 | | (A) during the daytime; and |
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| 30 | 42 | | (B) not more than two miles from the location |
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| 31 | 43 | | where the golf cart is usually parked and for transportation to or |
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| 32 | 44 | | from a golf course. |
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| 33 | 45 | | (b) Notwithstanding Section 551.402(b), a person may |
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| 34 | 46 | | operate a golf cart in a master planned community described by |
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| 35 | | - | Subsection (a) without a golf cart license plate on a highway for |
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| 36 | | - | which the posted speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour, |
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| 37 | | - | including through an intersection of a highway for which the posted |
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| 38 | | - | speed limit is more than 35 miles per hour. |
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| 39 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 551.4031, Transportation Code, is |
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| 47 | + | Subsection (a) without a golf cart license plate. |
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| 48 | + | SECTION 3. Section 551.4031, Transportation Code, is |
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| 40 | 49 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 41 | 50 | | Sec. 551.4031. PROHIBITION OF OPERATION ON HIGHWAY BY |
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| 42 | 51 | | MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY, OR DEPARTMENT. (a) A county or municipality |
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| 43 | 52 | | may prohibit the operation of a golf cart on a highway under Section |
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| 44 | 53 | | 551.403 [551.404] if the governing body of the county or |
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| 45 | 54 | | municipality determines that the prohibition is necessary in the |
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| 46 | 55 | | interest of safety. |
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| 47 | 56 | | (b) The Texas Department of Transportation may prohibit the |
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| 48 | 57 | | operation of a golf cart on a highway under Section 551.403 |
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| 49 | 58 | | [551.404] if the department determines that the prohibition is |
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| 50 | 59 | | necessary in the interest of safety. |
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