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| 1 | 1 | 89R10069 GP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Toth H.B. No. 3084 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to solicitation by pedestrians. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 552.007(a), Transportation Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) A person may not stand in a roadway or the right-of-way | |
| 14 | 14 | of a roadway to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or | |
| 15 | 15 | business from an occupant of a vehicle[, except that a person may | |
| 16 | 16 | stand in a roadway to solicit a charitable contribution if | |
| 17 | 17 | authorized to do so by the local authority having jurisdiction over | |
| 18 | 18 | the roadway]. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Transportation | |
| 20 | 20 | Code are repealed: | |
| 21 | 21 | (1) Section 552.007(c); and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) Section 552.0071. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 24 | 24 | an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | |
| 25 | 25 | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | |
| 26 | 26 | by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the | |
| 27 | 27 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | |
| 28 | 28 | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | |
| 29 | 29 | this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |