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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 286, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§286- Speed limiting devices. (a) No person shall:
(1) Remove a manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device from an electric bicycle; or
(2) Operate an electric bicycle, in which the manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device was removed from the electric bicycle, on a public highway.
(b)
For purposes of this section:
"Electric bicycle" means a
two- or three-wheeled cycle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of
less than seven hundred fifty watts that provides propulsion assistance. "Electric bicycle" includes a
low-speed electric bicycle, as defined in title 15 United States Code section
2085.
"Speed limiting device" means
a device or function in an electric bicycle capable of limiting the maximum
motive power-controlled speed at which the electric bicycle may operate."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Transportation; Electric Bicycles; Speed Limiting Devices
Description:
Prohibits the removal of a manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device from an electric bicycle. Prohibits the operation of an electric bicycle, in which the manufacturer- or factory-installed speed limiting device was removed from the electric bicycle, on a public highway.
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