Report Title:

Mobility Device

 

Description:

Authorizes use of mobility devices. Defines term. (SD2)

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2601

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

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-    Mobility devices; restrictions. (a) A mobility device may be operated on the sidewalks and bicycle paths of the State.

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

(c) A 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."

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

""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 on July 1, 2050.