Bill Text: TX HB2465 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on a roadway laned for traffic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Transportation [HB2465 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2465-Introduced.html
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| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 2465 | |
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| 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) Notwithstanding Section 545.060(a)(1), the | ||
| operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle may: | ||
| (1) operate the motorcycle for a safe distance between | ||
| lanes of traffic moving in the same direction; or | ||
| (2) pass a motor vehicle while in the same lane as the | ||
| vehicle being passed only if: | ||
| (A) the operator is on a divided highway with at | ||
| least two lanes of traffic in each direction; | ||
| (B) the vehicle being passed is stopped or moving | ||
| at a speed of not more than 10 miles per hour; | ||
| (C) the motorcycle is operated at a speed of not | ||
| more than 20 miles per hour when making the pass; and | ||
| (D) the pass can be made safely. | ||
| (b) Subsection (a) does not authorize the operator of a | ||
| motorcycle to pass a school bus in a manner prohibited by Section | ||
| 545.066. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
