Bill > HB2731

This bill amends the Texas Transportation Code to modify regulations for roadside vendors and solicitors in counties with populations over 200,000 that border Mexico. Specifically, the bill changes the population threshold from 870,000 to 200,000, expanding the potential scope of county regulation. County commissioners courts will now be able to regulate two main activities in unincorporated areas: (1) the sale of items and placement of structures by vendors selling live animals, and (2) the solicitation of money, but only when these activities occur in parking lots or on public highway rights-of-way. The bill maintains a provision allowing counties to require vendors to be located at least half the width of the right-of-way away from the road's edge. Importantly, the bill explicitly prohibits counties from banning the sale of livestock through these regulatory orders. The legislation will take effect on September 1, 2025, providing counties with time to prepare for the new regulatory framework.

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