HB 2012

AN ACT relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking

House Bill • Bell, Cecil | Holt

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Allows counties with populations over 1.3 million or over 600,000 that are adjacent to counties with more than 4 million people to regulate commercial activities in unincorporated areas along public highways and roads. Specifically, these counties can now create rules governing the sale of food, merchandise, and live animals by vendors, control the placement of vendor structures, and regulate money solicitation in these public spaces. The new regulations will take effect on September 1, 2025, giving local county commissioners courts more control over roadside commercial activities.

Subject Areas

Health--General Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road MONTGOMERY COUNTY Business & Commerce--General County Government--Roads County Government--General

Bill Text

relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 285.001(a), Transportation Code, is
(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 600,000 that is adjacent to a county
with a population of more than 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
(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
(3)  the solicitation of money.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.