H.B. No. 3665
AN ACT
relating to expanding the definition of bicycle to include devices
with more than two wheels, including to accommodate 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;
(B) three wheels, two of which are in parallel,
and at least one of the three wheels is more than 14 inches in
diameter; or
(C) any number of wheels and adaptive technology
that allows the device to be ridden by a person with a disability.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3665 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 22, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3665 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 22,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3665 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor