Public Act 096-0125
 		





SB0236 Enrolled
LRB096 03293 AJT 13311 b






    AN ACT concerning transportation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by adding  
Sections 1-140.10, 1-140.15, and 11-1516 and by changing 
Section 1-146 as follows:
 
    (625 ILCS 5/1-140.10  new)
    Sec. 1-140.10. Low-speed electric bicycle. The term 
"low-speed electric bicycle" has the same meaning ascribed to 
it by Section 38 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
Sec. 2085). 
 
    (625 ILCS 5/1-140.15 new)

    Sec. 1-140.15. Low-speed gas bicycle. A 2 or 3-wheeled 
device with fully operable pedals and a gasoline motor of less 
than 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.
 



    (625 ILCS 5/1-146)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-146)


    Sec. 1-146. Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is 
self-propelled and
every vehicle which is
propelled by electric 
power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not
operated 
upon rails, except for vehicles moved solely by human power,  
and
motorized wheelchairs, low-speed electric bicycles, and 
low-speed gas bicycles. For this Act, motor vehicles are 
divided into two
divisions:

    First Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for 
the carrying
of not more than 10 persons.

    Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed 
for carrying
more than 10 persons, those motor vehicles 
designed or used for living
quarters, those
motor vehicles 
which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo
or 
implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of
the First 
Division remodelled for use and used
as motor vehicles of the 
Second Division.

(Source: P.A. 85-1010.)






 
    (625 ILCS 5/11-1516 new)

    Sec. 11-1516. Low-speed bicycles.
    (a) A person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle or 
low-speed gas bicycle only if the person is at least 16 years 
of age.
    (b) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle 
or low-speed gas bicycle at a speed greater than 20 miles per 
hour upon any highway, street, or roadway. 
    (c) A person may not operate a low-speed electric bicycle 
or low-speed gas bicycle on a sidewalk. 
    (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the 
provisions of this Article XV that apply to bicycles also  apply 
to low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed gas bicycles.