By Shapiro S.B. No. 184
75R1921 JD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a driver's license that authorizes the operation of a
1-3 motorcycle.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended
1-6 by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (b) The fee for renewal of a Class M license or for renewal
1-9 of a license that includes authorization to operate a motorcycle is
1-10 $21.
1-11 (e) An applicant who changes from a lower to a higher class
1-12 of license or who adds a type of vehicle other than a motorcycle to
1-13 the license shall pay a $10 fee for the required examination.
1-14 (f) An applicant applying for additional authorization to
1-15 operate a motorcycle shall pay a $15 fee for the required
1-16 application.
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended
1-18 by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (f) and
1-19 (g) to read as follows:
1-20 (a) The fee for a commercial driver's license or commercial
1-21 driver learner's permit issued by the department is $40, except as
1-22 provided by Subsection (f).
1-23 (d) An applicant who is changing a class of license,
1-24 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 or
2-5 a commercial driver learner's permit that includes authorization to
2-6 operate a motorcycle is $45.
2-7 (g) An applicant who is applying for additional
2-8 authorization to operate a motorcycle shall pay a fee of $15 for
2-9 the examination.
2-10 SECTION 3. Chapter 662, Transportation Code, is amended by
2-11 adding Section 662.011 to read as follows:
2-12 Sec. 662.011. MOTORCYCLE EDUCATION FUND ACCOUNT. (a) The
2-13 motorcycle education fund account is an account in the general
2-14 revenue fund.
2-15 (b) Of each fee collected under Sections 521.421(b) and (f)
2-16 and Sections 522.029(f) and (g), the Department of Public Safety
2-17 shall send $5 to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
2-18 motorcycle education fund account.
2-19 (c) Money deposited to the credit of the motorcycle
2-20 education fund account may be used only to defray the cost of
2-21 administering the motorcycle operator training and safety program,
2-22 except as provided by Subsection (d).
2-23 (d) The unspent and unencumbered balance in the motorcycle
2-24 education fund account at the end of each fiscal year may be
2-25 appropriated for:
2-26 (1) the motorcycle operator training and safety
2-27 program; or
3-1 (2) any other purpose relating to:
3-2 (A) maintaining or policing highways; or
3-3 (B) supervising traffic or promoting safety on
3-4 highways.
3-5 SECTION 4. (a) In addition to the new changes in law made
3-6 by this Act, this Act conforms the Transportation Code to the
3-7 changes in law made by Section 1(38), Chapter 1058, Acts of the
3-8 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995.
3-9 (b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
3-10 another Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,
3-11 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
3-12 codes.
3-13 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. The
3-14 changes in law made by this Act to a fee that an applicant under
3-15 Chapters 521 and 522, Transportation Code, must pay apply only to a
3-16 person who applies to the Department of Public Safety on or after
3-17 September 1, 1997, for renewal of a Class M driver's license or for
3-18 the addition to the person's driver's license or commercial
3-19 learner's permit or driver's license of authorization to operate a
3-20 motorcycle. The fee required of a person who applies to the
3-21 Department of Public Safety before September 1, 1997, for renewal
3-22 of a Class M driver's license or for the addition of authorization
3-23 to operate a motorcycle is covered by the law in effect on the date
3-24 the person applied to the Department of Public Safety, and the
3-25 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
3-26 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.