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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of road machinery for purposes of |
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certain provisions governing vehicle equipment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 547.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (5-a) to read as follows: |
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(5-a) "Road machinery" means a self-propelled vehicle |
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that: |
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(A) was originally and permanently designed as |
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machinery; |
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(B) is not designed or used primarily to |
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transport persons or property; and |
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(C) is only incidentally operated on a highway. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3654 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3654 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |