Sen. Heather Steans
Filed: 3/4/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 236




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 236 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

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    Sec. 1-140.15. Low-speed gas bicycle. A 2 or 3-wheeled 
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device with fully operable pedals and a gasoline motor of less 
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than one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a paved level 
 


 






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surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an 
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operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per 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 
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self-propelled and
every vehicle which is
propelled by electric 
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power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not
operated 
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upon rails, except for vehicles moved solely by human power,  
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and
motorized wheelchairs, low-speed electric bicycles, and 
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low-speed gas bicycles. For this Act, motor vehicles are 
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divided into two
divisions:

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

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    Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed 
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for carrying
more than 10 persons, those motor vehicles 
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designed or used for living
quarters, those
motor vehicles 
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which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo
or 
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implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of
the First 
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Division remodelled for use and used
as motor vehicles of the 
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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 bicycles.
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    (a) A person may operate a low-speed electric bicycle or 
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low-speed gas bicycle only if the person is at least 16 years 
 


 






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