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Amend SB 1756 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 521.001, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the department by rule shall may define the types of vehicles that are "motorcycles" for the purposes of this chapter. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles by rule may define the types of vehicles that are "motorcycles" for purposes of Chapters 501, 502, and 503. This subsection only applies to vehicles manufactured by a manufacturer licensed under Chapter 2301, Occupations Code
SECTION ____. Section 521.085(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) In adopting rules under Section 521.001(c), the department may identify certain types of motorcycles that may be operated by the holder of a driver's license other than a Class M driver's license [Subsection (a) does not prohibit a license holder from operating a lesser type of vehicle that is a motorcycle described by Section 521.001(a) (6-a)].
SECTION ____. Section 680.013, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 680.013. USE OF PREFERENTIAL LANE BY MOTORCYCLE. (a) A motorcycle [, including a motorcycle described by Section 521.001(a) (6-a),] may be operated in a preferential lane that is not closed to all vehicular traffic.
(b) In addition to a motorcycle defined by Section 661.001, the department by rule may designate a type of motorcycle defined by the department under Section 521.001(c) that may be operated in a preferential lane that is not closed to all vehicular traffic.
SECTION ____. Section 521.001(a) (6-a), Transportation Code, is repealed.