Bill Text: TX SB2506 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to allowing a bicyclist to treat certain traffic-control devices as a yield sign.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Transportation [SB2506 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2506-Introduced.html
  88R11517 AJZ-D
 
  By: Alvarado S.B. No. 2506
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to allowing a bicyclist to treat certain traffic-control
  devices as a yield sign.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 551, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Sections 551.108 and 551.109 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 551.108.  BICYCLIST APPROACHING STOP SIGN.  The
  provisions of Sections 544.010(a) and 545.151(a) applicable to stop
  signs do not apply to a person operating a bicycle. A person
  operating a bicycle shall comply with the provisions of Section
  545.153 applicable to yield signs when approaching an intersection
  or a railroad crossing with a stop sign.
         Sec. 551.109.  BICYCLIST APPROACHING CERTAIN
  TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS AND FLASHING SIGNALS. The provisions of
  Sections 544.007(d), 544.008(a), and 545.151(a) applicable to a
  vehicle facing a steady red signal or a flashing red signal do not
  apply to a person operating a bicycle. A person operating a bicycle
  shall comply with the provisions of Section 545.153 applicable to
  yield signs when approaching an intersection with a steady red
  signal or a flashing red signal.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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