House File 2010 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the use of certain bicycles on streets and
  2    highways.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5047YH 82
  5 md/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 40, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  "Bicycle" means either of the following:
  1  4    (1)  A device having two wheels and having at least one
  1  5 saddle or seat for the use of a rider which is propelled by
  1  6 human power.
  1  7    (2)  A device having two or three no more than four wheels
  1  8 with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less no
  1  9 more than seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower), whose
  1 10 maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by
  1 11 such a motor while ridden, is less than twenty miles per hour.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill amends the definition of "bicycle" within Code
  1 14 section 321.1 to include devices with no more than four
  1 15 wheels, fully operable pedals, and no more than a 750=watt
  1 16 electric motor.  Any person riding a bicycle on Iowa roadways
  1 17 is subject to the provisions of Code chapter 321 and has all
  1 18 the rights and duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle,
  1 19 except those which by their nature can have no application or
  1 20 those with specific exceptions.
  1 21 LSB 5047YH 82
  1 22 md/rj/14