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Senate Bill 129 |
Senate Author: Ellis |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Coleman |
Senate Bill 129 amends the Transportation Code to prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from being operated on a street or highway at a speed that exceeds the lesser of the posted speed limit or 35 miles per hour. The bill increases from 35 to 45 miles per hour the maximum posted speed limit for a street or highway on which a neighborhood electric vehicle may be operated and that is the minimum posted speed limit for a road or street such a vehicle may cross at an intersection. The bill defines "motorcycle" in provisions relating to driver's licenses to include an enclosed three-wheeled passenger vehicle that meets certain requirements and specifies that the law does not prohibit a license holder from operating such a vehicle. The bill also authorizes such a vehicle to be operated in a preferential lane that is not closed to all vehicular traffic. The bill clarifies in provisions relating to protective headgear for motorcycle operators and passengers that the definition of "motorcycle" does not include a three-wheeled vehicle equipped with an occupant compartment, seat, and seat belt and designed to contain the operator in the occupant compartment.