1-1     By:  Shapiro                                           S.B. No. 184

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 9, 1997; January 15, 1997,

 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;

 1-4     April 9, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the following

 1-5     vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 9, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                            By:  Zaffirini

 1-7     Amend S.B. No. 184 by deleting SECTION 3 of the bill and

 1-8     substituting the following:

 1-9           "SECTION 3.  Chapter 662, Transportation Code, is amended by

1-10     adding Section 662.011 to read as follows:

1-11           Sec. 662.011.  MOTORCYCLE EDUCATION FUND ACCOUNT.  (a)  Of

1-12     each fee collected under Sections 521.421(b) and (f) and Sections

1-13     522.029(f) and (g), the Department of Public Safety shall send $5

1-14     to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the motorcycle

1-15     education fund account.

1-16           (b)  Money deposited to the credit of the motorcycle

1-17     education fund account may be used only to defray the cost of

1-18     administering the motorcycle operator training and safety program."

1-19                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-20                                   AN ACT

1-21     relating to a driver's license that authorizes the operation of a

1-22     motorcycle.

1-23           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-24           SECTION 1.  Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended

1-25     by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to

1-26     read as follows:

1-27           (b)  The fee for renewal of a Class M license or for renewal

1-28     of a license that includes authorization to operate a motorcycle is

1-29     $21.

1-30           (e)  An applicant who changes from a lower to a higher class

1-31     of license or who adds a type of vehicle other than a motorcycle to

1-32     the license shall pay a $10 fee for the required examination.

1-33           (f)  An applicant applying for additional authorization to

1-34     operate a motorcycle shall pay a $15 fee for the required

1-35     application.

1-36           SECTION 2.  Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended

1-37     by amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsections (f) and

1-38     (g) to read as follows:

1-39           (a)  The fee for a commercial driver's license or commercial

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

1-41     provided by Subsection (f).

1-42           (d)  An applicant who is changing a class of license,

1-43     endorsement, or restriction or who is adding a class of vehicle

1-44     other than a motorcycle to the license must pay a fee of $10 for

1-45     the examination, except for a renewal or original issuance of a

1-46     commercial driver's license.

1-47           (f)  The fee for renewal of a commercial driver's license or

1-48     a commercial driver learner's permit that includes authorization to

1-49     operate a motorcycle is $45.

1-50           (g)  An applicant who is applying for additional

1-51     authorization to operate a motorcycle shall pay a fee of $15 for

1-52     the examination.

1-53           SECTION 3.  Chapter 662, Transportation Code, is amended by

1-54     adding Section 662.011 to read as follows:

1-55           Sec. 662.011.  MOTORCYCLE EDUCATION FUND ACCOUNT.  (a)  The

1-56     motorcycle education fund account is an account in the general

1-57     revenue fund.

1-58           (b)  Of each fee collected under Sections 521.421(b) and (f)

1-59     and Sections 522.029(f) and (g), the Department of Public Safety

1-60     shall send $5 to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the

1-61     motorcycle education fund account.

1-62           (c)  Money deposited to the credit of the motorcycle

1-63     education fund account may be used only to defray the cost of

1-64     administering the motorcycle operator training and safety program,

 2-1     except as provided by Subsection (d).

 2-2           (d)  The unspent and unencumbered balance in the motorcycle

 2-3     education fund account at the end of each fiscal year may be

 2-4     appropriated for:

 2-5                 (1)  the motorcycle operator training and safety

 2-6     program; or

 2-7                 (2)  any other purpose relating to:

 2-8                       (A)  maintaining or policing highways; or

 2-9                       (B)  supervising traffic or promoting safety on

2-10     highways.

2-11           SECTION 4.  (a)  In addition to the new changes in law made

2-12     by this Act, this Act conforms the Transportation Code to the

2-13     changes in law made by Subdivision (38), Section 1, Chapter 1058,

2-14     Acts of the 74th Legislature, 1995.

2-15           (b)  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over

2-16     another Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,

2-17     relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

2-18     codes.

2-19           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.  The

2-20     changes in law made by this Act to a fee that an applicant under

2-21     Chapters 521 and 522, Transportation Code, must pay apply only to a

2-22     person who applies to the Department of Public Safety on or after

2-23     September 1, 1997, for renewal of a Class M driver's license or for

2-24     the addition to the person's driver's license or commercial

2-25     learner's permit or driver's license of authorization to operate a

2-26     motorcycle.  The fee required of a person who applies to the

2-27     Department of Public Safety before September 1, 1997, for renewal

2-28     of a Class M driver's license or for the addition of authorization

2-29     to operate a motorcycle is covered by the law in effect on the date

2-30     the person applied to the Department of Public Safety, and the

2-31     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

2-32           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-33     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-34     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-35     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-36     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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