1-1 By: Alexander (Senate Sponsor - Cain) H.B. No. 1492
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 1999;
1-3 April 20, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 12, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 12, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the classification of a motor-driven cycle or moped and
1-9 to a driver's license issued for the operation of certain
1-10 motorcycles.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Sections 521.224(b) and (e), Transportation Code,
1-13 are amended to read as follows:
1-14 (b) The department may issue a special restricted Class M
1-15 license that authorizes the holder to operate only a motorcycle
1-16 that has not more than a 250 [125] cubic centimeter piston
1-17 displacement.
1-18 (e) On the 16th birthday of a holder of a special restricted
1-19 Class M license, the department shall remove the 250 [125] cubic
1-20 centimeter restriction from the license without completion by the
1-21 holder of an additional motorcycle operator training course.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 521.225, Transportation Code, is amended
1-23 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-24 (d) The department shall certify whether a vehicle alleged
1-25 to be a moped is a moped. The department shall:
1-26 (1) by rule establish the procedure for determining
1-27 whether a vehicle is a moped;
1-28 (2) compile a list of mopeds certified by the
1-29 department; and
1-30 (3) make the list available to the public on request.
1-31 SECTION 3. Section 541.201(10), Transportation Code, is
1-32 amended to read as follows:
1-33 (10) "Motor-driven cycle" means a motorcycle equipped
1-34 with a motor that has an engine piston displacement of 250 [125]
1-35 cubic centimeters or less.
1-36 SECTION 4. Section 521.226, Transportation Code, is
1-37 repealed.
1-38 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-39 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
1-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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