Bill Text: TX HB715 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Patterson | H.B. No. 715 |
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relating to the operation of electric bicycles 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 (c), a person may operate a Class 1 or Class 2 electric | ||
bicycle in any area of a state park in which the operation of a | ||
bicycle is permitted. | ||
(c) 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. |