SB2601 HD1

Report Title:

Mobility Device

 

Description:

Authorizes use of electric assistive personal mobility devices. Defines term. (SB2601 HD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2601
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 291C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§291C-    Electric personal assistive mobility devices; restrictions. (a) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be operated on the sidewalks and bicycle paths of the State.

(b) An electric personal assistive mobility device operator shall be sixteen years of age or older, except for an operator with a mobility-related disability.

(c) An electric personal assistive mobility device shall only be used by a government employee or an employee of a commercial establishment in the performance of assigned duties or an operator with a mobility-related disability.

(d) An electric personal assistive mobility device may be driven at a speed of eight miles per hour or less on a sidewalk or sidewalk area; provided that the operator of the electric personal assistive mobility device shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian."

2. By adding a new definition to section 291C-1 to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a self-balancing, two-wheeled, non-tandem-wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, using an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen miles per hour or less."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

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