1-1 By: Hirschi (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 630
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 1993;
1-3 March 31, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 21, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to hand signals for bicycle operators.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Section 70, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on
1-26 Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended
1-27 to read as follows:
1-28 Sec. 70. Method Of Giving Hand-And-Arm Signals. All signals
1-29 herein required given by hand and arm shall be given from the left
1-30 side of the vehicle in the following manner and such signals shall
1-31 indicate as follows:
1-32 1. Left turn. Hand and arm extended horizontally.
1-33 2. Right turn. Hand and arm extended upward, except
1-34 that a bicycle operator may signal from the right side of the
1-35 vehicle with hand and arm extended horizontally.
1-36 3. Stop or decrease speed. Hand and arm extended
1-37 downward.
1-38 The signals herein required shall be given either by means of
1-39 the hand-and-arm, or by a signal lamp or signal device approved by
1-40 the department.
1-41 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-42 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-43 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-44 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-45 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-46 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-47 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-48 * * * * *
1-49 Austin,
1-50 Texas
1-51 May 21, 1993
1-52 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-53 President of the Senate
1-54 Sir:
1-55 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
1-56 No. 630, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-57 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-58 pass and be printed.
1-59 Rosson,
1-60 Vice-Chairman
1-61 * * * * *
1-62 WITNESSES
1-63 FOR AGAINST ON
1-64 ___________________________________________________________________
1-65 Name: Glenn Gadbois x
1-66 Representing: Texas Bicycle Coalition
1-67 City: Austin
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