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Amend CSSB 549 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, lines 23-24), strike "Section 551.351(1), Transportation Code, is amended" and substitute "Section 551.351, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (3)".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 551.351, Transportation Code (page 1, between lines 39 and 40), insert the following:
(3) "Shared motor-assisted scooter" means a motor-assisted scooter that is rented for a fee.
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 551.3515(a), Transportation Code (page 1, line 44), insert "shared" between "a" and "motor-assisted".
(4) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in the heading to Section 551.352, Transportation Code (page 1, lines 49-50), strike "OR BICYCLE PATHS [SIDEWALKS]" and substitute ", BICYCLE PATHS, OR SIDEWALKS".
(5) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 551.352(a), Transportation Code (page 1, line 50), strike "A" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (f), a [A]"
(6) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Section 551.352(a)(1), Transportation Code (page 1, line 52), strike "path other than a sidewalk" and substitute "sidewalk or another path".
(7) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike amended Sections 551.352(d) and (e), Transportation Code (page 2, lines 32-38), and substitute the following:
(f) [(d)] A person may not operate a shared motor-assisted scooter on a [path set aside for the exclusive operation of bicycles or on a] sidewalk. [Except as otherwise provided by this section, a provision of this title applicable to the operation of a bicycle applies to the operation of a motor-assisted scooter.]
(g) [(e)] A provision of this title applicable to a motor vehicle does not apply to a motor-assisted scooter.