By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 4122
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on a roadway
laned for traffic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.0605 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.0605. OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLES ON ROADWAY LANED
FOR TRAFFIC. (a) The operator of a motorcycle:
(1) is entitled to full use of a lane and, except as
otherwise provided by Subdivision (2), a motor vehicle may not be
driven in a manner that deprives a motorcycle of the full use of a
lane;
(2) may operate the motorcycle two abreast in a single
lane with another motorcycle; and
(3) may not;
(A) operate the motorcycle more than two abreast
in a single lane with other motorcycles;
(B) operate the motorcycle between lanes of
traffic moving in the same direction; or
(C) pass a motor vehicle while in the same lane as
the vehicle being passed.
(b) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a police officer in
the performance of the officer's official duties.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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