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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric |
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vehicle being operated on a street or highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 551.301(1), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 281 (H.B. 2702) and 1242 (H.B. 1596), Acts of |
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the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a vehicle |
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that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level |
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surface and otherwise complies with [subject to] Federal Motor |
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Vehicle Safety Standard 500 (49 C.F.R. Section 571.500). |
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SECTION 2. Section 551.303(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated only on |
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a street or highway for which the posted speed limit is 35 miles per |
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hour or less. A neighborhood electric vehicle may cross a road or |
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street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted |
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speed limit of more than 35 miles per hour. A neighborhood electric |
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vehicle may not be operated on a street or highway at a speed that |
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exceeds the lesser of: |
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(1) the posted speed limit; or |
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(2) 35 miles per hour. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |