83R25292 SLB-D
 
  By: Phillips H.B. No. 3838
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3838:
 
  By:  Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 3838
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to motorcycle equipment and training requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Malorie's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Section 545.416(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An operator may not carry another person on the
  motorcycle, and a person who is not operating the motorcycle may not
  ride on the motorcycle, unless the motorcycle is:
               (1)  designed to carry more than one person; and
               (2)  equipped with footrests and handholds for use by
  the passenger.
         SECTION 3.  Effective January 1, 2015, Subchapter K, Chapter
  547, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 547.617 to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 547.617.  MOTORCYCLE FOOTRESTS AND HANDHOLDS REQUIRED.
  A motorcycle that is designed to carry more than one person must be
  equipped with footrests and handholds for use by the passenger.
         SECTION 4.  Section 662.002(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The program:
               (1)  shall contain information regarding operating a
  motorcycle while carrying a passenger; and
               (2)  may [shall] include curricula developed by the
  Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
         SECTION 5.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.