Report Title:

Transportation; Electric Bicycle; Bicycle

 

Description:

Amends the definition of bicycle to include a bicycle powered by an electric motor.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2421

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to transportation.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "bicycle" to read as follows:

     "Bicycle" means [every]:

     (1)  Every 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 device having two or three wheels with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by a motor while ridden, is less than 20 miles per hour."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.


     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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