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Electric Bicycle Laws in Indiana
SENATE ENROLLED
ACT No. 401
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
(d) "Motor vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-30-10,
does not include a motorized
bicycle.
SECTION 3. IC 9-13-2-109 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]:
Sec. 109. "Motorized bicycle" means a two (2) or three (3) wheeled vehicle that
is propelled by an internal combustion engine or a battery powered motor, and if
powered by an internal combustion engine, has the following:
(1) An engine rating of not more than two (2) horsepower and a cylinder capacity
not exceeding fifty (50) cubic centimeters.
(2) An automatic transmission.
(3) A maximum design speed of not more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour on a
flat surface.
The term does not include an electric personal assistive mobility device.
SECTION 4. IC 9-13-2-196 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]:
Sec. 196. (a) "Vehicle" means, except as otherwise provided in this section, a
device in, upon, or by which a person or property is, or may be, transported or
drawn upon a highway.
(b) "Vehicle", for purposes of IC 9-14 through IC 9-18, does not include the
following:
(1) A device moved by human power.
(2) A vehicle that runs only on rails or tracks.
(3) A vehicle propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires
but not operated upon rails or tracks.
(4) A firetruck and apparatus owned by a person or municipal division of the
state and used for fire protection.
(5) A municipally owned ambulance.
(6) A police patrol wagon.
(7) A vehicle not designed for or employed in general highway transportation of
persons or property and occasionally operated or moved over the highway,
including the following:
(A) Road construction or maintenance machinery.
(B) A movable device designed, used, or maintained to alert motorists of
hazardous conditions on highways.
(C) Construction dust control machinery.
(D) Well boring apparatus.
(E) Ditchdigging apparatus.
(F) An implement of husbandry.
(G) An invalid chair.
(H) A yard tractor.
(b) A person may not:
(1) register a vehicle; or
(2) operate a vehicle on a public highway;
in Indiana if financial responsibility is not in effect with respect to the
motor vehicle under section 4 of this chapter.
(b) (c) A person who violates this section is subject to the
suspension of the person's current driving license or vehicle registration, or
both, under this article.
(j) This SECTION expires on the earlier of the following:
(1) The dates rules are adopted under subsections (f), (g), and (h) of this
SECTION.
(2) December 31, 2003.
SECTION 11. An emergency is declared for this act.
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