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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.1, subsection 20B, Code Supplement 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 20B. "Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a 1 4 self-balancing device powered by an electric propulsion system 1 5 that averages seven hundred fifty watts, has two nontandem 1 6 wheels, and is designed to transport one person, with a 1 7 maximum speed on a paved level surface of less than twenty 1 8 miles per hour. The maximum speed shall be calculated based 1 9 on operation of the device by a person who weighs one hundred 1 10 seventy pounds when the device is powered solely by the 1 11 electric propulsion system. For purposes of this chapter, 1 12 "electric personal assistive mobility device" does not include 1 13 an assistive device as defined in section 216E.1. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 321.1, subsection 42, paragraph a, Code 1 15 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 a. "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle which is self- 1 17 propelled, but not including a motorized wheelchair, or 1 18 vehicles known as trackless trolleys which are propelled by 1 19 electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires and are 1 20 not operated upon rails. 1 21 Sec. 3. Section 321.1, subsection 51, Code Supplement 1 22 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 23 51. "Pedestrian" meansanya person afoot or a person 1 24 operating a wheelchair. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill amends several definitions in Code chapter 321 to 1 27 exempt persons operating motorized wheelchairs from laws and 1 28 regulations applicable to motor vehicles and electric personal 1 29 assistive mobility devices. 1 30 The bill amends the definition of pedestrian to include a 1 31 person in a wheelchair, thus subjecting such persons to Code 1 32 chapter 321 provisions relating to pedestrians. The 1 33 definition of "motor vehicle" is amended to specify that a 1 34 motorized wheelchair is not a motor vehicle. The bill also 1 35 provides that an assistive device, such as a wheelchair, that 2 1 is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional 2 2 capabilities of an individual with a disability is not an 2 3 electric personal assistive mobility device. 2 4 LSB 5899XS 80 2 5 dea/gg/14
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