Report Title:

Moped Speed; Bicycle Lane Usage

Description:

Specifies when a moped must use a bicycle lane and clarifies the speed limit applicable to a moped.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2229
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to mopeds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 291C-197, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Wherever bicycle lanes are provided on [the] a roadway[,] with a speed limit of greater than thirty-five miles per hour, moped drivers shall use such bicycle lanes.  Moped drivers may use bicycle lanes on a roadway with a speed limit of thirty-five miles per hour or less."

     SECTION 2.  Section 291C-198, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  No person shall drive a moped at a speed greater than either thirty-five miles per hour (fifty-eight kilometers per hour)[.] or the posted speed limit for the roadway if less than thirty-five miles per hour.  This prohibition shall apply whether a person drives a moped on a roadway laned for motor vehicles or on a bicycle lane."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2008.

INTRODUCED BY:

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