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92_HB5610enr HB5610 Enrolled LRB9211076DHmgA 1 AN ACT in relation to vehicles. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by 5 adding Sections 1-117.7, 11-1005.1, and 11-1412.2 and 6 changing Section 11-1412.1 as follows: 7 (625 ILCS 5/1-117.7 new) 8 Sec. 1-117.7. Electric personal assistive mobility 9 device. A self-balancing 2 non-tandem wheeled device 10 designed to transport only one person with an electric 11 propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device 12 to 15 miles per hour or less. 13 (625 ILCS 5/11-1005.1 new) 14 Sec. 11-1005.1. Electric personal assistive mobility 15 devices. Every person operating an electric personal 16 assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk or roadway has all 17 the rights and is subject to all the duties applicable to a 18 pedestrian. 19 (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1412.1) 20 Sec. 11-1412.1. Driving upon sidewalk. No person shall 21 drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except 22 upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. This 23 Section does not apply to any vehicle moved exclusively by 24 human power, to any electric personal assistive mobility 25 device, nor to any motorized wheelchair. 26 (Source: P.A. 84-672.) 27 (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.2 new) 28 Sec. 11-1412.2. Operating an electric personal assistive HB5610 Enrolled -2- LRB9211076DHmgA 1 mobility device on a public sidewalk. A person may not 2 operate an electric personal assistive mobility upon a public 3 sidewalk at a speed greater than 8 miles per hour.