TITLE: Relating to county regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors.

SUMMARY: Relating to county regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to county regulation of roadside 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 550,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of 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 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.