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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5610
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 5610 as follows:
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
6 adding Sections 1-117.7 and 11-1005.1 and changing Section
7 11-1412.1 as follows:
8 (625 ILCS 5/1-117.7 new)
9 Sec. 1-117.7. Electric personal assistive mobility
10 device. A self-balancing 2 non-tandem wheeled device
11 designed to transport only one person with an electric
12 propulsion system with average power of 750 watts (one
13 horsepower), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface,
14 when powered solely by a propulsion system of that type while
15 ridden by an operator weighing 170 pounds, is less than 20
16 miles per hour.
17 (625 ILCS 5/11-1005.1 new)
18 Sec. 11-1005.1. Electric personal assistive mobility
19 devices. Every person operating an electric personal
20 assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk or roadway has all
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1 the rights and is subject to all the duties applicable to a
2 pedestrian.
3 (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1412.1)
4 Sec. 11-1412.1. Driving upon sidewalk. No person shall
5 drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except
6 upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. This
7 Section does not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively by
8 human power, to any electric personal assistive mobility
9 device, nor to any motorized wheelchair.
10 (Source: P.A. 84-672.)".
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