By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 2439
	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; March 25, 2025, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
	April 10, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
	Nays 0; April 10, 2025, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the operation of off-highway vehicles.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 551A.031, Transportation
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 551A.031.  OPERATION ON PUBLIC LAND OR BEACH[; SAFETY
	CERTIFICATE REQUIRED].
	SECTION 2.  Section 551A.031(a), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person may not operate an off-highway vehicle on land
	owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision of the state
	that is not open to vehicular traffic unless:
	(1)  the land is public off-highway vehicle land or a
	beach; and
	(2)  the operation is in compliance with:
	(A)  this chapter; and
	(B)  Chapter 29, Parks and Wildlife Code.
	SECTION 3.  The following provisions of Chapter 551A,
	Transportation Code, are repealed:
	(1)  Sections 551A.001(1-b) and (1-c);
	(2)  Section 551A.002(b);
	(3)  Subchapter B;
	(4)  Sections 551A.031(b) and (c);
	(5)  Section 551A.059; and
	(6)  Section 551A.071(d).
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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