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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on a roadway |
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laned for traffic. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 545.0605 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.0605. OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLES ON ROADWAY LANED |
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FOR TRAFFIC. (a) The operator of a motorcycle: |
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(1) is entitled to full use of a lane and, except as |
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otherwise provided by Subdivision (2), a motor vehicle may not be |
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driven in a manner that deprives a motorcycle of the full use of a |
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lane; |
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(2) may operate the motorcycle two abreast in a single |
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lane with another motorcycle; and |
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(3) may not; |
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(A) operate the motorcycle more than two abreast |
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in a single lane with other motorcycles; |
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(B) operate the motorcycle between lanes of |
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traffic moving in the same direction; or |
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(C) pass a motor vehicle while in the same lane as |
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the vehicle being passed. |
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(b) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a police officer in |
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the performance of the officer's official duties. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |