By Alexander                                          H.B. No. 1492
         76R5328 JD-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the classification of a motor-driven cycle or moped and
 1-3     to a driver's license issued for the operation of certain
 1-4     motorcycles.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Sections 521.224(b) and (e), Transportation Code,
 1-7     are amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (b)  The department may issue a special restricted Class M
 1-9     license that authorizes the holder to operate only a motorcycle
1-10     that has not more than a 250 [125] cubic centimeter piston
1-11     displacement.
1-12           (e)  On the 16th birthday of a holder of a special restricted
1-13     Class M license, the department shall remove the 250 [125] cubic
1-14     centimeter  restriction from the license without completion by the
1-15     holder of an additional motorcycle operator training course.
1-16            SECTION 2.  Section 521.225, Transportation Code, is amended
1-17     by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-18           (d)  The department shall certify whether a vehicle alleged
1-19     to be a moped is a moped.  The department shall:
1-20                 (1)  by rule establish the procedure for determining
1-21     whether a vehicle is a moped;
1-22                 (2)  compile a list of mopeds certified by the
1-23     department; and
1-24                 (3)  make the list available to the public on request.
 2-1           SECTION 3.  Section 541.201(10), Transportation Code, is
 2-2     amended to read as follows:
 2-3                 (10)  "Motor-driven cycle" means a motorcycle equipped
 2-4     with a motor that has an engine piston displacement of 250 [125]
 2-5     cubic centimeters or less.
 2-6           SECTION 4.  Section 521.226, Transportation Code, is
 2-7     repealed.
 2-8           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-9           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-10     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-11     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-12     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-13     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.