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2-7 repealed.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.