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Tex. Transp. Code § 552.007 (2026)

Solicitation By Pedestrians

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 2007–2019 · leading case: Jornaleros de Las Palmas v. City of League City, 945 F. Supp. 2d 779 (S.D. Tex. 2013).
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Jornaleros de Las Palmas v. City of League City, 945 F. Supp. 2d 779 (S.D. Tex. 2013). · cites it 14× “Plaintiff sues under § 1983 for a declaratory judgment that Texas Transportation Code § 552.007(a) is an unconstitutional restraint on its members’ First Amendment rights to free speech, both on its face and as applied by defendants.”
Houston Chronicle Publ'g Co. v. City of League City, 488 F.3d 613 (5th Cir. 2007). “The instant dispute post-dates a related Texas state-court action, in which the Houston Chronicle sued City officials for prosecuting its street vendors for violating Texas Transportation Code § 552.007(a) (prohibiting street solicitations, except by charitable organizations).”
Watkins v. City of Arlington, 123 F. Supp. 3d 856 (N.D. Tex. 2015). · cites it 3× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 552.007 (West 2013).”
Gbalazeh v. City of Dallas Texas (N.D. Tex. 2019). “The sixty day period outlined in Rule 5.1(c) has elapsed and the Attorney General has not intervened.”
Gbalazeh v. City of Dallas Texas (N.D. Tex. 2019). “The final law, Texas Transportation Code § 552.007 (“section 552.”
Vernon Love v. State (Tex. App. 2009). “Although the officer asserts that he could have stopped appellant for violation of the Texas Transportation Code section 552.007, the appropriate statutory reference was section 552.”
Vernon Love v. State (Tex. App. 2009). “Although the officer asserts that he could have stopped appellant for violation of the Texas Transportation Code section 552.007, the appropriate statutory reference was section 552.”
Vernon Love v. State (Tex. App. 2009). “Although the officer asserts that he could have stopped appellant for violation of the Texas Transportation Code section 552.007, the appropriate statutory reference was section 552.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 552.007(a) — 2 cases
Jornaleros de Las Palmas v. City of League City, 945 F. Supp. 2d 779 (S.D. Tex. 2013). “Plaintiff sues under § 1983 for a declaratory judgment that Texas Transportation Code § 552.007(a) is an unconstitutional restraint on its members’ First Amendment rights to free speech, both on its face and as applied by defendants.”
Houston Chronicle Publ'g Co. v. City of League City, 488 F.3d 613 (5th Cir. 2007). “The instant dispute post-dates a related Texas state-court action, in which the Houston Chronicle sued City officials for prosecuting its street vendors for violating Texas Transportation Code § 552.007(a) (prohibiting street solicitations, except by charitable organizations).”
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