Bill Text: IN HB1125 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Motorized bicycle financial responsibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation [HB1125 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-HB1125-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-13-2-105; IC 9-25-1-7.
Synopsis: Motorized bicycle financial responsibility. Prohibits the
operation of a motorized bicycle unless financial responsibility is in
effect with respect to the motorized bicycle. Provides that a person who
knowingly operates or permits the operation of a motorized bicycle on
a public highway in Indiana commits a: (1) Class A infraction unless
financial responsibility is in effect with respect to the motorized
bicycle; and (2) Class C misdemeanor if the person has a prior
unrelated conviction or judgment for the failure to maintain financial
responsibility on a motor vehicle. Requires the bureau of motor
vehicles to assess points against a person who operates a motorized
bicycle without financial responsibility being in effect with respect to
the motorized bicycle.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 6, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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motor vehicles.
(b) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-21, means:
(1) a vehicle except a motorized bicycle that is self-propelled; or
(2) a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
(c) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-19-10.5 and IC 9-25, means a vehicle that is self-propelled upon a highway in Indiana. For purposes of IC 9-25, the term includes a motorized bicycle. The term does not include a farm tractor.
(d) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-30-10, does not include a motorized bicycle.
(e) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-23-2 and IC 9-23-3, includes a semitrailer.
(f) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-24-6, has the meaning set forth in 49 CFR 383.5 as in effect July 1, 2010.