Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2204 amends the Government Code to require accident reports published by the Department of Public Safety to include information regarding the number of accidents involving injury to, death of, or property damage to a bicyclist or pedestrian.

            The bill amends the Transportation Code to require the department to establish and administer a safe routes to school program to distribute certain federal funds to political subdivisions for projects to improve safety in and around school areas. The bill sets forth projects eligible to receive money and how the money may be allocated.

            The bill also requires a bicyclist to ride as close as practicable to the right edge of the roadway unless the bicyclist is riding in an outside lane that is less than 14 feet in width and does not have a designated bicycle lane adjacent to the lane or is too narrow for a bicycle and a motor vehicle to safely travel side by side. House Bill 2204 defines "electric bicycle" and provides that the department or a local authority may not prohibit the use of an electric bicycle on a highway that is used primarily by motor vehicles but may prohibit that use on a highway used primarily by pedestrians.