By: Bell of Montgomery, et al. H.B. No. 2012         (Senate Sponsor - Creighton)          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2025;   May 16, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on   Transportation; May 23, 2025, reported favorably by the following   vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to regulation by certain counties of roadside or parking   lot vendors and solicitors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 285.001(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of   a county with a population of more than 1.3 million and a county   with a population of more than 600,000 that is adjacent to a county   with a population of more than four million by order may regulate   the following in the unincorporated area of the county if they occur   on a public highway or road, in the right-of-way of a public highway   or road, or in a parking lot:                (1)  the sale of items by a vendor of food or   merchandise, including live animals;                (2)  the erection, maintenance, or placement of a   structure by a vendor of food or merchandise, including live   animals; and                (3)  the solicitation of money.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *