| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to personal transport devices; amending s. |
| 3 | 316.003, F.S.; revising the definition of the term |
| 4 | "electric personal assistive mobility device" for purposes |
| 5 | of the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law; providing an |
| 6 | effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (83) of section 316.003, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 316.003 Definitions.-The following words and phrases, when |
| 13 | used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively |
| 14 | ascribed to them in this section, except where the context |
| 15 | otherwise requires: |
| 16 | (83) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE.-Any |
| 17 | self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to |
| 18 | transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system |
| 19 | with average power of up to 750 watts (1 horsepower), the |
| 20 | maximum speed of which, on a paved level surface when powered |
| 21 | solely by such a propulsion system while being ridden by an |
| 22 | operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 miles per hour. |
| 23 | Electric personal assistive mobility devices are not vehicles as |
| 24 | defined in this section. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |