Florida Senate - 2021 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 353 Ì231776CÎ231776 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 1/AD/2R . Floor: C 04/08/2021 05:00 PM . 04/29/2021 07:27 PM ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Brandes moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 16 and 17 4 insert: 5 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 316.20655, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 316.20655 Electric bicycle regulations.— 8 (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an 9 electric bicycle or an operator of an electric bicycle shall be 10 afforded all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all of 11 the duties, of a bicycle or the operator of a bicycle, including 12 s. 316.2065. An electric bicycle is a vehicle to the same extent 13 as a bicycle. However, this section may not be construed to 14 prevent a local government, through the exercise of its powers 15 under s. 316.008, from adopting an ordinance governing the 16 operation of electric bicycles on streets, highways, sidewalks, 17 and sidewalk areas under the local government’s jurisdiction;or18 to prevent a municipality, county, or agency of the state having 19 jurisdiction over a bicycle path, multiuse path, or trail 20 network from restricting or prohibiting the operation of an 21 electric bicycle on a bicycle path, multiuse path, or trail 22 network; or to prevent a municipality, county, or agency of the 23 state having jurisdiction over a beach as defined in s. 24 161.54(3) or a dune as defined in s. 161.54(4) from restricting 25 or prohibiting the operation of an electric bicycle on such 26 beach or dune. 27 28 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 29 And the title is amended as follows: 30 Delete line 5 31 and insert: 32 upon or astride a seat attached thereto; amending s. 33 316.20655, F.S.; revising construction relating to 34 electric bicycle regulations; providing an