Bill Text: TX SB859 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on motorcycles and mopeds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB859 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB859-Introduced.html
  88R8434 DIO-D
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 859
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on motorcycles
  and mopeds.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 547.306(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person may operate a motorcycle or moped equipped with
  LED ground effect lighting that:
               (1)  emits a non-flashing [amber or white] light of any
  color; and
               (2)  does not obstruct the vision of the operator or a
  person operating a passing motor vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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