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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,  11-1005.1,  and   11-1412.2   and
 7    changing Section 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 that limits the maximum speed of the device
13    to 15 miles per hour or less.

14        (625 ILCS 5/11-1005.1 new)
15        Sec. 11-1005.1.   Electric  personal  assistive  mobility
16    devices.     Every  person  operating  an  electric  personal
17    assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk or roadway has  all
18    the  rights  and is subject to all the duties applicable to a
19    pedestrian.
 
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 1        (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1412.1)
 2        Sec. 11-1412.1.  Driving upon sidewalk.  No person  shall
 3    drive  any  vehicle  upon  a sidewalk or sidewalk area except
 4    upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.  This
 5    Section does not apply to any vehicle  moved  exclusively  by
 6    human  power,  to  any  electric  personal assistive mobility
 7    device, nor to any motorized wheelchair.
 8    (Source: P.A. 84-672.)

 9        (625 ILCS 5/11-1412.2 new)
10        Sec. 11-1412.2.  Operating an electric personal assistive
11    mobility device on a  public  sidewalk.   A  person  may  not
12    operate an electric personal assistive mobility upon a public
13    sidewalk at a speed greater than 8 miles per hour.".

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