0001|                           SENATE BILL 614
0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
0004|                            CISCO MCSORLEY
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0010|                                AN ACT
0011|     RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION; REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT THAT
0012|     BICYCLE RIDERS USE SIDE PATHS ADJACENT TO ROADWAYS; AMENDING A
0013|     SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978.
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0015|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
0016|          Section 1.  Section 66-3-705 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1978,
0017|     Chapter 35, Section 104) is amended to read:
0018|          "66-3-705.  RIDING ON ROADWAYS AND BICYCLE PATHS.--
0019|               A.  Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway
0020|     shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as
0021|     [praticable] practicable, exercising due care when passing
0022|     a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
0023|               B. [Person] Persons riding bicycles upon a
0024|     roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or
0025|     parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
0001|               [C.  Whenever a usable path for bicycles has been
0002|     provided adjacent to a roadway, bicycle riders shall use such
0003|     path and shall not use the roadway.]"
0004|          Section 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
0005|     provisions of this act is July 1, 1997.
0006|