Bill Text: TX SB1736 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Transportation [SB1736 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1736-Introduced.html
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By: Springer | S.B. No. 1736 |
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relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an | ||
autocycle. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 501.008, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 501.008. TITLE FOR AUTOCYCLE. (a) In this section, | ||
"autocycle" means a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, that is: | ||
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(2) equipped with a steering wheel; and | ||
(3) equipped with seating that does not require the | ||
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(b) For purposes of issuing a title under this chapter, an | ||
autocycle is considered to be a passenger car, as defined by Section | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 502.005, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 502.005. REGISTRATION OF AUTOCYCLE. (a) In this | ||
section, "autocycle" has the meaning assigned by Section 501.008 | ||
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(b) For purposes of registering a vehicle under this | ||
chapter, an autocycle is considered to be a passenger car | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 521.083, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.083. CLASS C LICENSE. (a) A Class C driver's | ||
license authorizes the holder of the license to operate: | ||
(1) a vehicle or combination of vehicles not described | ||
by Section 521.081 or 521.082; and | ||
(2) a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of | ||
less than 26,001 pounds towing a farm trailer with a gross vehicle | ||
weight rating that is not more than 20,000 pounds. | ||
(b) A holder of a Class C driver's license is authorized to | ||
operate an autocycle, as defined by Section 501.008, without | ||
meeting the requirements of a Class M license. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 521.085(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a license holder from | ||
operating a lesser type of vehicle that is: | ||
(1) a motorcycle described by Section 521.001(a)(6-a) | ||
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(2) a type of motorcycle defined by the department | ||
under Section 521.001(c) and designated by the department as | ||
qualifying for operation under this section. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |