88R13677 BEE-D
By: Lalani H.B. No. 3944
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a notification provided by a transportation network
company regarding a designated bicycle lane.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2402, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 2402.116 to read as follows:
Sec. 2402.116. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION REGARDING DESIGNATED
BICYCLE LANE. If the starting point or ending point of a digitally
prearranged ride requires the driver's motor vehicle or the person
requesting the ride to enter a designated bicycle lane, the
transportation network company shall, at the time the driver
accepts the digitally prearranged ride, provide through the
company's digital network to the driver and the person requesting
the ride a notification:
(1) that the starting point or ending point, as
applicable, of the digitally prearranged ride requires the driver's
vehicle or the person requesting the ride to enter a designated
bicycle lane; and
(2) advising the driver and the person requesting the
ride to be alert for bicyclists.
SECTION 2. Section 2402.116, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a digitally prearranged ride accepted by
a driver on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.