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| 1 | 1 | 84R7581 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Watson S.B. No. 442 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on certain | |
| 8 | 8 | highways during periods of traffic congestion. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 545.060, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) An operator on a roadway divided into two or more | |
| 14 | 14 | clearly marked lanes for traffic: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within | |
| 16 | 16 | a single lane, except as provided by Subsection (e); and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) may not move from the lane unless that movement can | |
| 18 | 18 | be made safely. | |
| 19 | 19 | (e) The operator of a motorcycle operating on a | |
| 20 | 20 | limited-access or controlled-access highway may operate the | |
| 21 | 21 | motorcycle for a safe distance between lanes of traffic moving in | |
| 22 | 22 | the same direction during periods of traffic congestion if the | |
| 23 | 23 | operator operates the motorcycle: | |
| 24 | 24 | (1) at a speed not more than five miles per hour | |
| 25 | 25 | greater than the speed of the other traffic; and | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) in traffic that is moving at a speed of 20 miles | |
| 27 | 27 | per hour or less. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |