H.B. No. 2012         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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2012 was passed by the House on May   14, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 104, Nays 35, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2012 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor