Bill Text: TX HB439 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle; clarifying the vehicles that may be operated under certain licenses; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-08 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB439 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB439-Introduced.html
  84R3333 AAF-F
 
  By: Gonzales H.B. No. 439
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of a motorcycle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 541.201(9), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (9)  "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle, other than a
  tractor, that is:
                     (A)  equipped with a rider's saddle or a seat for
  the use of:
                           (i)  a rider; and
                           (ii)  a passenger, if the motor vehicle is
  designed or used primarily to transport a passenger; and
                     (B)  designed to have when propelled not more than
  three wheels on the ground.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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