1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the operation of a motorcycle on a public street or

 1-3     highway.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 547.801, Transportation Code, is amended

 1-6     by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

 1-7           (d)  A motorcycle may not be operated at any time unless at

 1-8     least one headlamp on the motorcycle is illuminated.  This

 1-9     requirement does not apply to motorcycles manufactured in England

1-10     before the model year 1975.

1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-12           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 2522 was passed by the House on April

         25, 1997, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in

         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2522 on May 23, 1997, by a non-record

         vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House

               I certify that H.B. No. 2522 was passed by the Senate, with

         amendments, on May 21, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.

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                                                 Secretary of the Senate

         APPROVED:  _____________________

                            Date

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                          Governor