88R13677 BEE-D     By: Lalani H.B. No. 3944       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a notification provided by a transportation network   company regarding a designated bicycle lane.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2402, Occupations Code, is   amended by adding Section 2402.116 to read as follows:          Sec. 2402.116.  REQUIRED NOTIFICATION REGARDING DESIGNATED   BICYCLE LANE. If the starting point or ending point of a digitally   prearranged ride requires the driver's motor vehicle or the person   requesting the ride to enter a designated bicycle lane, the   transportation network company shall, at the time the driver   accepts the digitally prearranged ride, provide through the   company's digital network to the driver and the person requesting   the ride a notification:                (1)  that the starting point or ending point, as   applicable, of the digitally prearranged ride requires the driver's   vehicle or the person requesting the ride to enter a designated   bicycle lane; and                (2)  advising the driver and the person requesting the   ride to be alert for bicyclists.          SECTION 2.  Section 2402.116, Occupations Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a digitally prearranged ride accepted by   a driver on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.