Full Text of SB0236 96th General Assembly
SB0236 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0236
Introduced 2/4/2009, by Sen. Heather Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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625 ILCS 5/1-140.10 new |
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625 ILCS 5/1-146 |
from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-146 |
625 ILCS 5/11-1516 new |
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines a low-speed electric bicycle as a 2 or 3-wheeled device with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (one horsepower), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour. Excludes low-speed electric bicycles from the definition of "motor vehicle". Provides that a person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle only if the person has a valid current Illinois driver's license, regardless of classification, and the person is at least 16 years of age. Prohibits operation of a low-speed electric bicycle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour upon any highway, street, or roadway. Prohibits operation of a low-speed electric bicycle on a sidewalk. Provides that, except as otherwise provided, the provisions of the Article of the Code dealing with bicycles also apply to low-speed electric bicycles.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 03293 AJT 13311 b |
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| AN ACT concerning transportation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | | 5 |
| Sections 1-140.10 and 11-1516 and by changing Section 1-146 as | | 6 |
| follows:
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| (625 ILCS 5/1-140.10 new) | | 8 |
| Sec. 1-140.10. Low-speed electric bicycle. A 2 or 3-wheeled | | 9 |
| device with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less | | 10 |
| than 750 watts (one horsepower), whose maximum speed on a paved | | 11 |
| level surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden | | 12 |
| by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per | | 13 |
| hour.
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| (625 ILCS 5/1-146) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-146)
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| Sec. 1-146. Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is | | 16 |
| self-propelled and
every vehicle which is
propelled by electric | | 17 |
| power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not
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| upon rails, except for vehicles moved solely by human power, | | 19 |
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motorized wheelchairs, and low-speed electric bicycles. | | 20 |
| For this Act, motor vehicles are divided into two
divisions:
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| First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for | | 22 |
| the carrying
of not more than 10 persons.
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| Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed | | 2 |
| for carrying
more than 10 persons, those motor vehicles | | 3 |
| designed or used for living
quarters, those
motor vehicles | | 4 |
| which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo
or | | 5 |
| implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of
the First | | 6 |
| Division remodelled for use and used
as motor vehicles of the | | 7 |
| Second Division.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1010.)
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| (625 ILCS 5/11-1516 new)
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| Sec. 11-1516. Low-speed electric bicycles. | | 11 |
| (a) A person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle only | | 12 |
| if: (i) the person has a valid current Illinois driver's | | 13 |
| license, regardless of classification; and (ii) the person is | | 14 |
| at least 16 years of age. | | 15 |
| (b) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle | | 16 |
| at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour upon any highway, | | 17 |
| street, or roadway. | | 18 |
| (c) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle | | 19 |
| on a sidewalk. | | 20 |
| (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | | 21 |
| provisions of this Article XV that apply to bicycles also apply | | 22 |
| to low-speed electric bicycles.
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