Report Title:

Transportation; Electric Bicycle; Bicycle

Description:

Amends the definition of bicycle to include a bicycle powered by an electric motor.  Provides that only bikes meeting certain specifications can be transported on buses used in public transportation systems.  (HB2421 HD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2421
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "bicycle" to read as follows:

     "Bicycle" means [every]:

(1) A vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, and including any vehicle generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels except a toy bicycle[.]; or

(2) A device having two wheels with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts, whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by a motor while ridden, is less than twenty miles per hour;

provided that only bicycles meeting the following general specifications shall be allowed to be transported on buses used in public transportation systems:  a wheel base no longer than forty-four inches; tires that are 2.3 inches wide; wheel diameters of twenty inches or larger; and a total weight of no more than fifty-five pounds."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.