HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	141
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO bicycles.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part XIII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§291C-    Carriage of bicycles on public transportation vehicles. A bicycle may be carried on a vehicle used in a public transportation system only if it meets the following general specifications:

(1) Wheel base not longer than forty-four inches;

(2) Tires not more than 2.3 inches wide;

(3) Wheel diameters not less than twenty inches; and

(4) Total weight not more than fifty-five pounds."

     SECTION 2.  Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "bicycle" to read as follows:

     ""Bicycle" means every 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[.], that is:

(1) Propelled solely by human power; or

(2) Propelled by an electric motor that:

(A) Produces less than seven hundred fifty watts (1 horsepower); and

(B) Is capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per hour on a paved level surface."

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Transportation; Electric Bicycle; Bicycle

Description:

Amends definition of "bicycle" to include certain bicycles powered by an electric motor.  Permits carriage on public transportation vehicles only of bicycles that meet certain specifications.

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