Texas Water Code
§ 49.217 — OPERATION OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES ON OR NEAR PUBLIC FACILITIES
WA § 49.217Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 49. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS · Art. H. POWERS AND DUTIES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section, "motor vehicle" means a self-propelled device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a road or highway.
(b)Except as provided in Subsections (c) and (d), a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a levee, in a drainage ditch, or on land adjacent to a levee, canal, ditch, exposed conduit, pipeline, pumping plant, storm water facility, or other facility for the transmission, storage, treatment, or distribution of water, sewage, or storm water owned or controlled by a district.
(c)A district may authorize the use of motor vehicles on land that it owns or controls by posting signs on the property.
(d)This section does not prohibit a person from:
(1)driving on a public road or highway; or
(2)operating a motor vehicle used for repair or maintenance of public water, sewer, or storm water facilities.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.