Sen. Heather Steans
Filed: 3/4/2009
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 236
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 236 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 1-140.10, 1-140.15, and 11-1516 and by changing | ||||||
| 6 | Section 1-146 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (625 ILCS 5/1-140.10 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 1-140.10. Low-speed electric bicycle. The term | ||||||
| 9 | "low-speed electric bicycle" has the same meaning ascribed to | ||||||
| 10 | it by Section 38 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. | ||||||
| 11 | Sec. 2085). | ||||||
| 12 | (625 ILCS 5/1-140.15 new)
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| 13 | Sec. 1-140.15. Low-speed gas bicycle. A 2 or 3-wheeled | ||||||
| 14 | device with fully operable pedals and a gasoline motor of less | ||||||
| 15 | than one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a paved level | ||||||
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| 1 | surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an | ||||||
| 2 | operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour.
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| 3 | (625 ILCS 5/1-146) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-146)
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| 4 | Sec. 1-146. Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is | ||||||
| 5 | self-propelled and
every vehicle which is
propelled by electric | ||||||
| 6 | power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not
operated | ||||||
| 7 | upon rails, except for vehicles moved solely by human power, | ||||||
| 8 | and
motorized wheelchairs, low-speed electric bicycles, and | ||||||
| 9 | low-speed gas bicycles. For this Act, motor vehicles are | ||||||
| 10 | divided into two
divisions:
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| 11 | First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for | ||||||
| 12 | the carrying
of not more than 10 persons.
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| 13 | Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed | ||||||
| 14 | for carrying
more than 10 persons, those motor vehicles | ||||||
| 15 | designed or used for living
quarters, those
motor vehicles | ||||||
| 16 | which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo
or | ||||||
| 17 | implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of
the First | ||||||
| 18 | Division remodelled for use and used
as motor vehicles of the | ||||||
| 19 | Second Division.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 85-1010.)
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| 21 | (625 ILCS 5/11-1516 new)
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| 22 | Sec. 11-1516. Low-speed bicycles. | ||||||
| 23 | (a) A person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle or | ||||||
| 24 | low-speed gas bicycle only if the person is at least 16 years | ||||||
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| 1 | of age. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle | ||||||
| 3 | or low-speed gas bicycle at a speed greater than 20 miles per | ||||||
| 4 | hour upon any highway, street, or roadway. | ||||||
| 5 | (c) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle | ||||||
| 6 | or low-speed gas bicycle on a sidewalk. | ||||||
| 7 | (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the | ||||||
| 8 | provisions of this Article XV that apply to bicycles also apply | ||||||
| 9 | to low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed gas bicycles.".
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