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H.B. No. 2731 AN ACT relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 285.001(b) and (c), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of more than 200,000 [870,000] that borders the United Mexican States by order may regulate the following activities in the unincorporated areas of the county, provided that the activities occur in a parking lot or on or in the right-of-way of a public highway or road [described by Subsection (a) in the manner described by that subsection, except that]: (1) the sale of items and the erection, maintenance, or placement of a structure by a vendor of live animals [the regulation of activities on or in the right-of-way of a public highway or road is limited to public highways and roads with a speed limit of 40 miles per hour or faster]; and (2) the solicitation of money [the county may not prohibit the sale of livestock]. (c) A county regulating vendors under Subsection (b): (1) may require that a vendor be located not closer to the edge of the public highway or road than a distance that is equal to one-half the width of the right-of-way adjacent to the highway or road; and (2) may not adopt an order under Subsection (b) prohibiting the sale of livestock. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2731 was passed by the House on May 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 82, Nays 38, 3 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2731 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 99, Nays 38, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2731 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor
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