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INTRODUCED
BY _________________________________________________
By Request of the ****
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT revising bicycle lane laws; requiring the department of transportation to adopt definitions and standards for bicycle lanes and bicycle routes; Providing rulemaking authority; and AMENDING SECTION 61-8-320, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 61-8-320, MCA, is amended to read:
"61-8-320. Right-of-way for bicycles. (1) The operator of a motor vehicle may not:
(a) intentionally interfere with the movement of a person who is lawfully riding a bicycle; or
(b) overtake and pass a person riding a bicycle unless the operator of the motor vehicle can do so safely without endangering the person riding the bicycle.
(2) The operator of a motor vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a person who is riding a bicycle within a designated bicycle lane.
(3) The department of transportation shall adopt administrative rules defining and specifying standards for designated bicycle lanes and bicycle routes."