H.B. No. 3838
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to motorcycle equipment and training and the license
  requirements for a three-wheeled motorcycle; creating an offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Malorie's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.148(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An applicant for an original Class M license or Class A,
  B, or C driver's license that includes an authorization to operate a
  motorcycle must furnish to the department evidence satisfactory to
  the department that the applicant has successfully completed a
  [basic] motorcycle operator training course approved by the
  department under Chapter 662. The department shall issue a Class M
  license that is restricted to the operation of a three-wheeled
  motorcycle if the motorcycle operator training course completed by
  the applicant is specific to the operation of a three-wheeled
  motorcycle.
         SECTION 3.  Section 545.416(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An operator may not carry another person on the
  motorcycle, and a person who is not operating the motorcycle may not
  ride on the motorcycle, unless the motorcycle is:
               (1)  designed to carry more than one person; and
               (2)  equipped with footrests and handholds for use by
  the passenger.
         SECTION 4.  Effective January 1, 2015, Subchapter K, Chapter
  547, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 547.617 to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 547.617.  MOTORCYCLE FOOTRESTS AND HANDHOLDS REQUIRED.
  A motorcycle that is designed to carry more than one person must be
  equipped with footrests and handholds for use by the passenger.
         SECTION 5.  Section 662.002(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The program:
               (1)  shall contain information regarding operating a
  motorcycle while carrying a passenger; and
               (2)  may [shall] include curricula developed by the
  Motorcycle Safety Foundation.
         SECTION 6.  Section 662.006, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 662.006.  UNAUTHORIZED TRAINING PROHIBITED. (a) A
  person may not offer or conduct training in motorcycle operation
  for [a] consideration unless the person is licensed by or contracts
  with the designated state agency.
         (b)  A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense.  
  An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor, except
  that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial
  of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of
  an offense under this section.
         SECTION 7.  Section 662.008(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Following denial, suspension, or cancellation of
  [Before the designated state agency may deny, suspend, or cancel]
  the approval of a program sponsor or an instructor, notice and
  opportunity for a hearing must be given as provided by:
               (1)  Chapter 2001, Government Code; and
               (2)  Chapter 53, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 8.  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 9.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3838 was passed by the House on May 8,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 8, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3838 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 6,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3838 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor