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      H.B. No. 2731         AN ACT   relating to the regulation of roadside vendors and solicitors in   certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 285.001(b) and (c), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (b)  The commissioners court of a county with a population of   more than 200,000 [ 870,000 ] that borders the United Mexican States   by order may regulate the following activities in the   unincorporated areas of the county, provided that the activities   occur in a parking lot or on or in the right-of-way of a public   highway or road [ described by Subsection (a) in the manner   described by that subsection, except that ]:                (1)   the sale of items and the erection, maintenance,   or placement of a structure by a vendor of live animals [ the   regulation of activities on or in the right-of-way of a public   highway or road is limited to public highways and roads with a speed   limit of 40 miles per hour or faster ]; and                (2)   the solicitation of money [ the county may not   prohibit the sale of livestock ].          (c)  A county regulating vendors under Subsection (b) :                 (1)   may require that a vendor be located not closer to   the edge of the public highway or road than a distance that is equal   to one-half the width of the right-of-way adjacent to the highway or   road ; and                 (2)     may not adopt an order under Subsection (b)   prohibiting the sale of livestock .          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2731 was passed by the House on May   16, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 82, Nays 38, 3 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2731 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 99, Nays 38,   1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2731 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays   3.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor