ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2683	By:	Banz of the House

			  and

		Fields of the Senate

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S. 2011, Section 1-104, which relates to definition of bicycles; modifying certain definition; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT:  Bicycles

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     47 O.S. 2011, Section 1-104, is amended to read as follows:

Section 1-104.  A.  A bicycle is a device upon which any person or persons may ride, propelled solely by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having two or more wheels, excluding mopeds.

B.  An electric-assisted bicycle is any bicycle with:

1.  Two or three wheels; and

2.  Fully operative pedals for human propulsion and equipped with an electric motor:

a.	with a power output not to exceed one thousand (1,000) watts,

b.	incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground, and

c.	incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device at a speed of thirty (30) miles per hour or more.

An electric-assisted bicycle shall meet the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as set forth in federal regulations and shall operate in such a manner that the electric motor disengages or ceases to function when the brakes are applied.

C.  A motorized bicycle is any bicycle having:

1.  Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power;

2.  An automatic transmission A power drive system that functions directly or automatically without clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged; and

3.  A combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one hundred fifty (150 cu cm) eighty (80 cu cm) cubic centimeters or less, regardless of the number of chambers in the engine, which is capable of propelling the bicycle at a maximum design speed of not more than thirty (30) thirty-five (35) miles per hour on level ground.

D.  As used in this title, the term "bicycle" shall include tricycles, quadcycles, or similar human-powered devices, electric-assisted bicycles, and motorized bicycles unless otherwise specifically indicated.

SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.

Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of May, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the 23rd day of May, 2012.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate