By:  Shapiro                                           S.B. No. 184

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

                                       AN ACT

 1-1     relating to a driver's license that authorizes the operation of a

 1-2     motorcycle.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended

 1-5     by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to

 1-6     read as follows:

 1-7           (b)  The fee for renewal of a Class M license or for renewal

 1-8     of a license that includes authorization to operate a motorcycle is

 1-9     $21.

1-10           (e)  An applicant who changes from a lower to a higher class

1-11     of license or who adds a type of vehicle other than a motorcycle to

1-12     the license shall pay a $10 fee for the required examination.

1-13           (f)  An applicant applying for additional authorization to

1-14     operate a motorcycle shall pay a $15 fee for the required

1-15     application.

1-16           SECTION 2.  Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended

1-17     by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (f) and

1-18     (g) to read as follows:

1-19           (a)  The fee for a commercial driver's license or commercial

1-20     driver learner's permit issued by the department is $40, except as

1-21     provided by Subsection (f).

1-22           (d)  An applicant who is changing a class of license,

1-23     endorsement, or restriction or who is adding a class of vehicle

 2-1     other than a motorcycle to the license must pay a fee of $10 for

 2-2     the examination, except for a renewal or original issuance of a

 2-3     commercial driver's license.

 2-4           (f)  The fee for renewal of a commercial driver's license

 2-5     that includes authorization to operate a motorcycle, and the fee

 2-6     for a commercial driver learner's permit that includes

 2-7     authorization to operate a motorcycle, is $45.

 2-8           (g)  An applicant who is applying for additional

 2-9     authorization to operate a motorcycle shall pay a fee of $15 for

2-10     the examination.

2-11           SECTION 3.  Chapter 662, Transportation Code, is amended by

2-12     adding Section 662.011 to read as follows:

2-13           Sec. 662.011.  MOTORCYCLE EDUCATION FUND ACCOUNT.  (a)  Of

2-14     each fee collected under Sections 521.421(b) and (f) and Sections

2-15     522.029(f) and (g), the Department of Public Safety shall send $5

2-16     to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the motorcycle

2-17     education fund account.

2-18           (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the motorcycle

2-19     education fund account may be used only to defray the cost of

2-20     administering the motorcycle operator training and safety program.

2-21           SECTION 4.  (a)  In addition to the new changes in law made

2-22     by this Act, this Act conforms the Transportation Code to the

2-23     changes in law made by Subdivision (38), Section 1, Chapter 1058,

2-24     Acts of the 74th Legislature, 1995.

2-25           (b)  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over

 3-1     another Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,

 3-2     relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

 3-3     codes.

 3-4           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.  The

 3-5     changes in law made by this Act to a fee that an applicant under

 3-6     Chapters 521 and 522, Transportation Code, must pay apply only to a

 3-7     person who applies to the Department of Public Safety on or after

 3-8     September 1, 1997, for renewal of a Class M driver's license or for

 3-9     the addition to the person's driver's license or commercial

3-10     learner's permit or driver's license of authorization to operate a

3-11     motorcycle.  The fee required of a person who applies to the

3-12     Department of Public Safety before September 1, 1997, for renewal

3-13     of a Class M driver's license or for the addition of authorization

3-14     to operate a motorcycle is covered by the law in effect on the date

3-15     the person applied to the Department of Public Safety, and the

3-16     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

3-17           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the

3-18     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

3-19     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

3-20     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

3-21     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.