8-1489. "Electric-assisted bicycle" defined. - Kansas Statutes

8-1489

Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES Article 14.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; DEFINITIONS

      8-1489.   "Electric-assisted bicycle" defined. "Electric-assisted bicycle" means a bicycle with two or three wheels, a saddle, fully operative pedals for human propulsion, and an electric motor. The electric-assisted bicycle's electric motor must have a power output of no more than 1,000 watts, be incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than 20 miles per hour on level ground and incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device beyond 20 miles per hour.

      History:   L. 2000, ch. 179, § 4; July 1.