Bill Text: CA AB1939 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pedicabs: electric bicycles.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-17 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB1939 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1939-Amended.html
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March 12, 2020 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1939
| Introduced by Assembly Member Gonzalez |
January 16, 2020 |
An act to amend Section Sections 231 and 467.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1939, as amended, Gonzalez.
Pedicabs: electric bicycles.
Existing law generally regulates the operation of bicycles, including, among other things, providing that a person operating a bicycle on the highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle. These provisions also apply to a pedicab, defined, among other things, as a bicycle with 3 or more wheels that is capable of transporting passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire. A violation of the Vehicle Code provisions regulating the operation of a bicycle or pedicab is an infraction. Existing law defines a bicycle, for purposes of these provisions, as a device having one or more wheels upon which a person may ride that is propelled exclusively by human power, as
specified.
This bill would expand the definition of a pedicab to include electric bicycles and would expand the definition of a bicycle to include electric bicycles. Because a violation of these provisions is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 231 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:231.
A bicycle is a device upon whichSECTION 1.SEC. 2.
Section 467.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:467.5.
“Pedicab” means any of the following:(a) A bicycle or electric bicycle bicycle, including an electric bicycle, that has three or more wheels, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire.
(b) A bicycle or electric bicycle
bicycle, including an electric bicycle, that pulls a trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire.
(c) A four-wheeled device that is primarily or exclusively pedal-powered, has a seating capacity for eight or more passengers, cannot travel in excess of 15 miles per hour, and is being used for transporting passengers for hire. A pedicab defined under this subdivision is subject to the requirements of Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 21215) of Chapter 1 of Division 11.
