Bill Text: TX SB288 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on certain highways during periods of traffic congestion.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Transportation [SB288 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB288-Introduced.html

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85R4692 JAM-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 288

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on certain
highways during periods of traffic congestion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.060, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) An operator on a roadway divided into two or more
clearly marked lanes for traffic:
(1) shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within
a single lane, except as provided by Subsection (e); and
(2) may not move from the lane unless that movement can
be made safely.
(e) The operator of a motorcycle operating on a
limited-access or controlled-access highway may operate the
motorcycle for a safe distance between lanes of traffic moving in
the same direction during periods of traffic congestion if the
operator operates the motorcycle:
(1) at a speed not more than five miles per hour
greater than the speed of the other traffic; and
(2) in traffic that is moving at a speed of 20 miles
per hour or less.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.