As used in the subchapter:(1) 'Class 1 electric bicycle' means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the operator is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.);(2) 'Class 2 electric bicycle' means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the electric bicycle and that is not capable of providing assistance when the electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.);(3) 'Class 3 electric bicycle' means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the operator is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the electric bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour (28 m.p.h.); and(4) 'Electric bicycle' means a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts (750 W) that meets one (1) of the classifications defined in subdivisions (1)-(3) of this section.Added by Act 2017, No. 956,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.
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