Bill Text: TX HB702 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a notification provided by a transportation network company regarding a designated bicycle lane.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB702 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB702-Introduced.html
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| By: Lalani | H.B. No. 702 | |
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| 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, 2025. | ||
