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Amend SB 1756 on third reading 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) The department by rule may define types of vehicles that are "motorcycles" for the purposes of this chapter, in addition to those defined under Subsection (a)(6-a). The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles by rule may define the types of vehicles that are "motorcycles" for the purposes of Chapters 501, 502, and 503. This subsection applies only 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) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a license holder from operating a lesser type of vehicle that is:
(1) a motorcycle described by Section 521.001(a)(6-a); or
(2) a type of motorcycle defined by the department under Section 521.001(c) and designated by the department as qualifying for operation under this section.
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 described by Subsection (a), 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.