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79R7806 JD-D

By:  Zedler                                                       H.B. No. 3203



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of a motorcycle on which a young person is 
a passenger.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 545.416, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), the operator of a 
motorcycle may not carry as a passenger a person who is younger than 
15 years of age, and a person younger than 15 may not ride as a 
passenger on a motorcycle being operated by another, unless the 
person's feet rest firmly on passenger foot pegs that are attached 
to the motorcycle.
	(e)  Subsection (d) does not apply to:                                  
		(1)  a motorcycle that is being operated in a residence 
district at a speed that is less than 20 miles per hour; or
		(2)  a passenger who is seated in a sidecar attached to 
the motorcycle.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.