TITLE: Relating to municipal prohibition of the use of low-speed vehicles to transport passengers for hire.

SUMMARY: Relating to municipal prohibition of the use of low-speed vehicles to transport passengers for hire.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to municipal prohibition of the use of low-speed vehicles to transport passengers for hire. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 215, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 215.005 to read as follows: Sec. 215.005. PROHIBITION ON LOW-SPEED VEHICLES FOR HIRE. (a) In this section, "low-speed vehicle" means a four-wheeled, battery-powered vehicle with a maximum speed of less than 35 miles per hour and a gross weight of less than 3,000 pounds. (b) A municipality shall prohibit in the municipality the use of low-speed vehicles to transport passengers for compensation. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.