Tex. Transportation Code § 551.403
OPERATION AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN AREAS
Texas · Texas Transportation Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Transportation Code § 551.403, OPERATION AUTHORIZED IN CERTAIN AREAS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/572811
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(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.