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Relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking lot vendors and solicitors, the official text

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H.B. No. 2012

AN ACT

relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking

lot vendors and solicitors.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 285.001(a), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of

a county with a population of more than 1.3 million and a county

with a population of more than 600,000 that is adjacent to a county

with a population of more than four million by order may regulate

the following in the unincorporated area of the county if they occur

on a public highway or road, in the right-of-way of a public highway

or road, or in a parking lot:

(1) the sale of items by a vendor of food or

merchandise, including live animals;

(2) the erection, maintenance, or placement of a

structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live

animals; and

(3) the solicitation of money.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2012 was passed by the House on May

14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 35, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2012 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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