86R10885 AJZ-F
	By: Buckley	H.B. No. 2291

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the operation of a gas-powered bicycle.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 502.143, Transportation Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 502.143.  OTHER VEHICLES. An owner may not register the
	following vehicles for operation on a public highway:
	(1)  power sweepers;
	(2)  motorized mobility devices;
	(3)  electric personal assistive mobility devices;
	[and]
	(4)  electric bicycles; and
	(5)  gas-powered bicycles, as defined by Section
	541.201.
	SECTION 2.  Section 521.225, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  For the purposes of this section, a gas-powered bicycle,
	as defined by Section 541.201, is not a moped.
	SECTION 3.  Section 541.201, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subdivision (4-a) and amending Subdivisions (8) and (11)
	to read as follows:
	(4-a)  "Gas-powered bicycle" means a bicycle that:
	(A)  is designed to be propelled by a gas motor,
	exclusively or in combination with the application of human power;
	(B)  cannot attain a speed of more than 20 miles
	per hour without the application of human power; and
	(C)  does not exceed 100 pounds.
	(8)  "Moped" means a motor-driven cycle that cannot
	attain a speed in one mile of more than 30 miles per hour, has an
	[and the] engine that [of which:
	[(A)]  cannot produce more than two-brake
	horsepower, [;] and
	[(B)]  if the engine is an internal combustion
	engine, has a piston displacement of 50 cubic centimeters or less
	and connects to a power drive system that does not require the
	operator to shift gears. The term does not include a gas-powered
	bicycle.
	(11)  "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle or
	a vehicle that is propelled by electric power from overhead trolley
	wires. The term does not include an electric bicycle, a gas-powered
	bicycle, or an electric personal assistive mobility device, as
	defined by Section 551.201.
	SECTION 4.  Section 551.002, Transportation Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 551.002.  MOPED, [AND] ELECTRIC BICYCLE, AND
	GAS-POWERED BICYCLE INCLUDED. A provision of this subtitle
	applicable to a bicycle also applies to:
	(1)  a moped, other than a provision that by its nature
	cannot apply to a moped; [and]
	(2)  an electric bicycle, other than a provision that
	by its nature cannot apply to an electric bicycle; and
	(3)  a gas-powered bicycle, other than a provision that
	by its nature cannot apply to a gas-powered bicycle.
	SECTION 5.  Section 551.351(2), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(2)  "Pocket bike or minimotorbike" means a
	self-propelled vehicle that is equipped with an electric motor or
	internal combustion engine having a piston displacement of less
	than 50 cubic centimeters, is designed to propel itself with not
	more than two wheels in contact with the ground, has a seat or
	saddle for the use of the operator, is not designed for use on a
	highway, and is ineligible for a certificate of title under Chapter
	501.  The term does not include:
	(A)  a moped or motorcycle;
	(B)  an electric bicycle, gas-powered bicycle, or
	motor-driven cycle, as defined by Section 541.201;
	(C)  a motorized mobility device, as defined by
	Section 542.009;
	(D)  an electric personal assistive mobility
	device, as defined by Section 551.201; or
	(E)  a neighborhood electric vehicle, as defined
	by Section 551.301.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.