Sec. 552.007. SOLICITATION BY PEDESTRIANS. (a) A person may not stand in a roadway to solicit a ride, contribution, employment, or business from an occupant of a vehicle, except that a person may stand in a roadway to solicit a charitable contribution if authorized to do so by the local authority having jurisdiction over the roadway.
(b) A person may not stand on or near a highway to solicit the watching or guarding of a vehicle parked or to be parked on the highway.
(c) In this section, "charitable contribution" means a contribution to an organization defined as charitable by the standards of the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle C - Rules of the Road
Section 552.001. Traffic Control Signals
Section 552.002. Pedestrian Right-of-Way if Control Signal Present
Section 552.003. Pedestrian Right-of-Way at Crosswalk
Section 552.004. Pedestrian to Keep to Right
Section 552.005. Crossing at Point Other Than Crosswalk
Section 552.006. Use of Sidewalk
Section 552.007. Solicitation by Pedestrians
Section 552.0071. Local Authorization for Solicitation by Pedestrian
Section 552.008. Drivers to Exercise Due Care
Section 552.009. Ordinances Relating to Pedestrians