83R8589 JRR-F
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2279
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to motorcycle training and the license requirements for a
three-wheeled motorcycle; creating an offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.148(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An applicant for an original Class M license or Class A,
B, or C driver's license that includes an authorization to operate a
motorcycle must furnish to the department evidence satisfactory to
the department that the applicant has successfully completed a
[basic] motorcycle operator training course approved by the
department under Chapter 662. The department shall issue a Class M
license that is restricted to the operation of a three-wheeled
motorcycle if the motorcycle operator training course completed by
the applicant is specific to the operation of a three-wheeled
motorcycle.
SECTION 2. Section 662.002(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The program may [shall] include curricula developed by
the Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
SECTION 3. Section 662.006, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 662.006. UNAUTHORIZED TRAINING PROHIBITED. (a) A
person may not offer or conduct training in motorcycle operation
for [a] consideration unless the person is licensed by or contracts
with the designated state agency.
(b) A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense.
An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor, except
that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial
of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of
an offense under this section.
SECTION 4. Section 662.008(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Following denial, suspension, or cancellation of
[Before the designated state agency may deny, suspend, or cancel]
the approval of a program sponsor or an instructor, notice and
opportunity for a hearing must be given as provided by:
(1) Chapter 2001, Government Code; and
(2) Chapter 53, Occupations Code.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.