Tex. Transp. Code § 551.403 · Subchapter F. GOLF CARTS
OPERATION AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An operator may operate a golf cart:
(1) in a master planned community:
(A) that is a residential subdivision as defined by Section 209.002(9), Property Code, or has in place a uniform set of restrictive covenants; and
(B) for which a county or municipality has approved one or more plats;
(2) on a public or private beach that is open to vehicular traffic; or
(3) on a highway for which the posted speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour, if the golf cart is operated:
(A) during the daytime; and
(B) not more than five miles from the location where the golf cart is usually parked and for transportation to or from a golf course.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 551.402(b), a person may operate a golf cart in a master planned community described by Subsection (a) without a golf cart license plate on a highway for which the posted speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour, including through an intersection of a highway for which the posted speed limit is more than 35 miles per hour.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (H.B. 2553), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 18, eff. June 14, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 652 (H.B. 1281), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.551.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 551.4031PROHIBITION OF OPERATION ON HIGHWAY BY MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY, OR DEPARTMENT.Printed as Section 551.403
- Tex. Transp. Code § 551.404OPERATION ON HIGHWAY AUTHORIZED BY MUNICIPALITY OR CERTAIN COUNTIES.Printed as Section 551.403
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.052EXCEPTIONS TO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT.Printed as Section 551.403
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