Bill Text: TX HB715 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of an electric bicycle in a state park.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-05 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB715 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB715-Engrossed.html
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| By: Patterson | H.B. No. 715 | |
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| relating to the operation of an electric bicycle in a state park. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 13.024 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.024. OPERATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLE IN STATE PARK. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Bicycle" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 541.201, Transportation Code. | ||
| (2) "Class 1 electric bicycle" and "Class 2 electric | ||
| bicycle" have the meanings assigned by Section 664.001, | ||
| Transportation Code. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by | ||
| Subsection (d), a person may operate in a state park: | ||
| (1) a Class 1 electric bicycle in an area where the | ||
| operation of a bicycle is permitted; and | ||
| (2) a Class 2 electric bicycle in an area where the | ||
| person has been authorized by the park to operate a Class 2 electric | ||
| bicycle. | ||
| (c) The commission by rule shall adopt: | ||
| (1) forms and procedures for a person to apply to a | ||
| state park for authorization to operate a Class 2 electric bicycle | ||
| in the park; and | ||
| (2) criteria for an employee of a state park to use to: | ||
| (A) approve or disapprove an application under | ||
| Subdivision (1); and | ||
| (B) place limitations, if any, on the area of the | ||
| park in which operation of a Class 2 electric bicycle is authorized. | ||
| (d) The department may prohibit the operation of a Class 1 | ||
| or Class 2 electric bicycle in an area of a state park described by | ||
| Subsection (b) if the department determines the prohibition is | ||
| necessary to protect: | ||
| (1) public safety; | ||
| (2) state park infrastructure; or | ||
| (3) state fish or wildlife resources or habitat. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
