Texas Transportation Code 521.148 – Application for Class M License or Authorization to Operate Motorcycle
(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 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.
(b) The department may not issue an original Class M license or Class A, B, or C driver’s license that includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle to an applicant who fails to comply with Subsection (a).
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 521.148
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) When the department issues a license to which this section applies, the department shall provide the person to whom the license is issued with written information about the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry operated under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code.
(d) This section does not apply to a person who holds a valid driver’s license issued by another state that includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle.