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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a notification provided by a transportation network |
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company regarding a designated bicycle lane. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2402, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2402.116 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2402.116. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION REGARDING DESIGNATED |
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BICYCLE LANE. If the starting point or ending point of a digitally |
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prearranged ride requires the driver's motor vehicle or the person |
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requesting the ride to enter a designated bicycle lane, the |
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transportation network company shall, at the time the driver |
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accepts the digitally prearranged ride, provide through the |
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company's digital network to the driver and the person requesting |
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the ride a notification: |
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(1) that the starting point or ending point, as |
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applicable, of the digitally prearranged ride requires the driver's |
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vehicle or the person requesting the ride to enter a designated |
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bicycle lane; and |
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(2) advising the driver and the person requesting the |
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ride to be alert for bicyclists. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2402.116, Occupations Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a digitally prearranged ride accepted by |
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a driver on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |