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§ 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

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(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.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.