Bill Text: HI HB812 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Low-speed Electric Bicycles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-09 - Act 208, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). [HB812 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB812-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§291C- Low-speed electric bicycles; operator age. No person under the age of fifteen shall
operate a low-speed electric bicycle as defined under title 15 United States
Code section 2085."
SECTION 2. Section 249-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "bicycle" to read as follows:
""Bicycle" means [every]:
(1) A device
propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two
tandem wheels sixteen inches in diameter or greater, and including any device
generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear
wheels[.]; or
(2) A low-speed electric bicycle, as defined under title 15 United States Code section 2085."
SECTION 3. Section 286-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "bicycle" to read as follows:
""Bicycle" means [every]:
(1) A device
propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two
tandem wheels sixteen inches in diameter or greater, and including any device
generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear
wheels[.]; or
(2) A low-speed electric bicycle, as defined under title 15 United States Code section 2085."
SECTION 4. Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "bicycle" to read as follows:
""Bicycle" means [every]:
(1) A vehicle
propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two
tandem wheels, and including any vehicle generally recognized as a bicycle
though equipped with two front or two rear wheels except a toy bicycle[.];
or
(2) A low-speed electric bicycle, as defined under title 15 United States Code section 2085."
SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Transportation; Bicycles; Low-speed Electric Bicycles
Description:
Includes low-speed electric bicycles in the definition of bicycle. Prohibits anyone under the age of fifteen from operating a low-speed electric bicycle. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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