[CMI-CM] anti-cm legislation (fwd)

[Zachary C.Miller]

bstender at earthlink.net wrote:
> From bstender at earthlink.net  Wed Jan 17 12:26:58 2001
> Delivered-To: wolfgang at wolfgang.groogroo.com
> From: bstender at earthlink.net
> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:26:57 -0800 (PST)
> Message-Id: <200101171826.KAA15631 at wr14.yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: bstender at earthlink.net
> To: wolfgang at imsa.edu
> Subject: anti-cm legislation

> The RingMaster of Critical Mass Ring has sent you the following message:
> 
> "-------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [*CCM*] Fwd: tell them where your next training camp is NOT.
> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:26:52 -0800
> From: Saintlouis CriticalMass stl_criticalmass at YAHOO.COM
> Reply-To: Chicago Critical Mass CHI-CRIT-MASS at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
> To: CHI-CRIT-MASS at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
> 
> Sounds like an anti-CM law.  OPPOSE THIS!!
> ---------------------------------------------
> Texas bill to limit bunches
> Want to ride in groups of more than three in Texas?
> The following bill proposes to curtail that, if and
> when it comes into force on September 1 and therefore
> has serious implications for organized cycling events
> in that state. The representatives concerned may be
> contacted via the following:
> 
> TX Senators
> http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/senmem.htm
> 
> TX Representatives
> http://www.house.state.tx.us/house/member.htm
> 
> The Bill online
> http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmdLEG=77&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00238&VERSION=1&TYPE=B
> 
> By Senator Wentworth - S.B. No. 238
> A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT  relating to the safe
> operation of bicycles on roadways.
> BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
> TEXAS:
> SECTION 1. Section 551.103, Transportation Code, is
> amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding
> Subsection (e) to read as follows:
> (c) Persons operating bicycles on a roadway shall ride
> single file [may ride two abreast. Persons riding two
> abreast on a laned roadway shall ride in a single
> lane. Persons riding two abreast may not impede the
> normal and reasonable flow of traffic on the roadway.
> Persons may not ride more than two abreast unless they
> are riding on a part of a roadway set aside for the
> exclusive operation of bicycles].
> e) Persons operating bicycles in a group of three or
> more bicyclists may not ride on a farm-to-market or
> ranch-to-market road that is without improved
> shoulders.
> 
> SECTION 2. Section 551.104, Transportation Code, is
> amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding
> Subsection (d) to read as follows:
> (a) A person may not operate a bicycle unless the
> bicycle is equipped with:
> (1) a brake capable of making a braked wheel skid on
> dry, level, clean pavement;
>  and
> (2) a slow-moving-vehicle emblem, as defined by
> Section 547.001, that conforms to the requirements of
> Section 547.703(a).
> (d) Subsection (a)(2) does not apply to a person
> operating a bicycle on a path set aside for the
> exclusive operation of bicycles.
>  SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001."
> 
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