87R19044 MP-D
By: Ordaz Perez H.B. No. 3665
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to expanding the definition of bicycle to include
modifications necessary for adaptive riding by persons with
disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 541.201(2), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Bicycle" means a device, excluding a moped, that
[a person may ride and that:
[(A)] is capable of being ridden solely using
human power[;] and has either:
(A) [(B) has] two tandem wheels at least one of
which is more than 14 inches in diameter; or
(B) two or more wheels, at least one of which is
more than 14 inches in diameter, and a belt, chain, or gears.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.