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(c) Any person operating a bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility device 7upon a roadway shall exercise due care when passing a standing or parked vehicle
8or a vehicle proceeding in the same direction, allowing a minimum of 3 feet between
9the bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility device and the vehicle, and shall
10give an audible signal when passing a bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility
11device rider proceeding in the same direction.
AB782, s. 42
12Section
42. 346.80 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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346.80
(3) (a) Persons riding bicycles
or electric personal assistive mobility
14devices upon a roadway may ride 2 abreast if such operation does not impede the
15normal and reasonable movement of traffic. Bicycle
or electric personal assistive
16mobility device operators riding 2 abreast on a 2-lane or more roadway shall ride
17within a single lane.
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(b) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may not ride more than 2 abreast
19except upon any path, trail, lane or other way set aside for the exclusive use of
20bicycles
and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
AB782, s. 43
21Section
43. 346.80 (4) and (5) of the statutes are amended to read:
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346.80
(4) No person may operate a bicycle
, electric personal assistive mobility
23device, or moped upon a roadway where a sign is erected indicating that bicycle
,
24electric personal assistive mobility device, or moped riding is prohibited.
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1(5) Except as provided in ss. 346.23, 346.24, 346.37
, and 346.38, every rider of
2a bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility device shall, upon entering on a
3highway, yield the right-of-way to motor vehicles.
AB782, s. 44
4Section
44. 346.803 (title), (1) (intro.) and (a), (2) and (3) of the statutes are
5amended to read:
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6346.803 (title)
Riding bicycle or electric personal assistive mobility
7device on bicycle way. (1) (intro.) Every person operating a bicycle
or electric
8personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way shall:
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(a) Exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a bicycle
or
10electric personal assistive mobility device rider or a pedestrian proceeding in the
11same direction.
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12(2) Every person operating a bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility
13device upon a bicycle way open to 2-way traffic shall ride on the right side of the
14bicycle way.
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15(3) Every operator of a bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility device 16entering a bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all bicycles and pedestrians in
17the bicycle way.
AB782, s. 45
18Section
45. 346.804 of the statutes is amended to read:
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19346.804 Riding bicycle on sidewalk. When local authorities under s. 346.94
20(1) permit bicycles on the sidewalk, every person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk
21shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall exercise due care and give
22an audible signal when passing a bicycle
or electric personal assistive mobility device 23rider or
a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.
AB782, s. 46
24Section
46. 346.805 of the statutes is created to read:
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1346.805 Riding electric personal assistive mobility device on sidewalk. 2Except as provided in ss. 346.94 (18) (a) 2. and 349.236 (1) (b), a person may operate
3an electric personal assistive mobility device upon any sidewalk. Every person
4operating an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk shall yield
5the right-of-way to any pedestrian or bicyclist and shall exercise due care and give
6an audible signal when passing a bicycle or other electric personal assistive mobility
7device or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.
AB782, s. 47
8Section
47. 346.82 (title) and (1) of the statutes are amended to read:
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9346.82 (title)
Penalty for violating sections 346.77 to 346.804 346.805.
10(1) Any person violating ss. 346.77, 346.79 (1) to (3)
, or 346.80 to
346.804 346.805 11may be required to forfeit not more than $20.
AB782, s. 48
12Section
48. 346.94 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
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346.94
(12) Driving on bicycle lane or bicycle way. No operator of a motor
14vehicle may drive upon a bicycle lane or bicycle way except to enter a driveway, to
15merge into a bicycle lane before turning at an intersection, or to enter or leave a
16parking space located adjacent to the bicycle lane or bicycle way. Persons operating
17a motor vehicle upon a bicycle lane or bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all
18bicycles
and electric personal assistive mobility devices within the bicycle lane or
19bicycle way.
AB782, s. 49
20Section
49. 346.94 (18) of the statutes is created to read:
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346.94
(18) Electric personal assistive mobility devices on roadways and
22sidewalks. (a) 1. Except as otherwise prohibited in this chapter, a person may
23operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon any roadway or sidewalk
24that is under the jurisdiction of the department.
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12. Except as provided in s. 349.236 (1) (c), the department may by rule prohibit
2electric personal assistive mobility devices upon any roadway under its jurisdiction
3for which the speed limit is more than 25 miles per hour, and may by rule prohibit
4such devices upon any sidewalk under its jurisdiction. This subdivision does not
5apply upon any sidewalk at a permanent or temporarily established driveway.
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(b) A person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device upon
7any roadway under the jurisdiction of a local authority, subject to any prohibitions
8specified by municipal ordinance enacted under s. 349.236.
AB782, s. 50
9Section
50. 346.95 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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346.95
(6) Any person violating s. 346.94 (17)
or (18) may be required to forfeit
11not less than $10 nor more than $20 for the first offense and not less than $25 nor
12more than $50 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within a year.
AB782, s. 51
13Section
51. 347.02 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
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347.02
(1) (i) Electric personal assistive mobility devices.
AB782, s. 52
15Section
52. 347.245 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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347.245
(1) After January 1, 1970, no person may operate on a highway, day
17or night, any vehicle or equipment,
any animal-drawn vehicle, or any other
18machinery, including all road machinery, that usually
travel travels at speeds
of less
19than 25 miles per hour or any vehicle operated under a special restricted operator's
20license issued under s. 343.135, unless there is displayed on the most practicable
21visible rear area of the vehicle or combination of vehicles, a slow moving vehicle
22(SMV) emblem as described in and displayed as provided in sub. (2). Any towed
23vehicle or machine is exempt from this provision if the towing vehicle is visible from
24the rear and is in compliance with this section. All road machinery is excluded when
25it is engaged in actual construction or maintenance work either guarded by a
1flagman or clearly visible warning signs. Except as provided in s. 347.21 (1), the
2requirement of the emblem shall be in addition to any lighting devices required or
3permitted by law. Mopeds and
motor bicycles are excluded from the provisions of this
4section unless they are operated under a special restricted operator's license issued
5under s. 343.135.
Electric personal assistive mobility devices are excluded from the
6provisions of this section. The SMV emblem need not be displayed on vehicles
7moving directly across the highway.
AB782, s. 53
8Section
53. 347.489 of the statutes is amended to read:
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9347.489 Lamps and other equipment on bicycles and, motor bicycles,
10and electric personal assistive mobility devices. (1) No person may operate
11a bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a
12highway, sidewalk, bicycle lane
, or bicycle way during hours of darkness unless the
13bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility device is equipped
14with or
, with respect to a bicycle or motor bicycle, the operator is wearing
, a lamp
15emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front of the
16bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility device. A bicycle
or, 17motor bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility device shall also be equipped
18with a red reflector that has a diameter of at least 2 inches of surface area
or, with
19respect to an electric personal assistive mobility device, that is a strip of reflective
20tape that has at least 2 square inches of surface area, on the rear so mounted and
21maintained as to be visible from all distances from 50 to 500 feet to the rear when
22directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp
23emitting a red or flashing amber light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear
24may be used in addition to but not in lieu of the red reflector.
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1(2) No person may operate a bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or electric personal
2assistive mobility device upon a highway, bicycle lane
, or bicycle way unless it is
3equipped with a brake in good working condition, adequate to control the movement
4of and to stop the bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility
5device whenever necessary.
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6(3) No bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility device 7may be equipped with nor may any person riding upon a bicycle
or, motor bicycle
, or
8electric personal assistive mobility device use any siren or compression whistle.
AB782, s. 54
9Section
54. 349.015 of the statutes is created to read:
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10349.015 Applicability of chapter to electric personal assistive mobility
11devices. An electric personal assistive mobility device shall be considered a vehicle
12for purposes of this chapter, except those provisions which by their express terms
13apply only to motor vehicles or which by their very nature would have no application
14to electric personal assistive mobility devices.
AB782, s. 55
15Section
55. 349.236 of the statutes is created to read:
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16349.236 Authority to regulate operation of electric personal assistive
17mobility devices. (1) The governing body of any municipality or county may, by
18ordinance, do any of the following:
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(a) Prohibit the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices on all
20roadways under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour
21or only on certain roadways, or portions of such roadways, under its jurisdiction
22having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour that are designated in the
23ordinance.
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(b) Prohibit the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices on all
25sidewalks under its jurisdiction or only on certain sidewalks, or portions of such
1sidewalks, under its jurisdiction that are designated in the ordinance. This
2paragraph does not apply to the operation of such devices on any sidewalk at a
3permanent or temporarily established driveway.
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(c) Designate and mark locations for electric personal assistive mobility devices
5to cross a state trunk highway or connecting highway that is not a controlled-access
6highway and on which the department has prohibited the operation of electric
7personal assistive mobility devices under s. 346.94 (18) (a) 2. A municipality or
8county may erect official signs or otherwise mark a crossing designated under this
9paragraph only as directed by the department.
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10(2) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, ch. 346, and s. 59.84 (2) (j),
11the governing body of any municipality or county may not restrict the operation of
12electric personal assistive mobility devices on any roadway or sidewalk under its
13jurisdiction.
AB782, s. 56
14Section
56. 779.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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779.41
(2) Every keeper of a garage or repair shop who alters, repairs
, or does
16any work on any detached accessory, fitting
, or part of an automobile,
a truck,
a 17motorcycle,
a moped,
a motor bicycle or similar motor vehicle
or, a bicycle
, or an
18electric personal assistive mobility device, at the request of the owner or legal
19possessor thereof, shall have a lien upon and may retain possession of any such
20accessory, fitting
, or part until the charges for such alteration, repairing
, or other
21work have been paid. If the detached article becomes attached to such motor vehicle
22or, bicycle
, or electric personal assistive mobility device while in the possession of the
23keeper, the keeper has a lien on the motor vehicle
or
, bicycle
, or electric personal
24assistive mobility device under sub. (1).
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1(1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this
2subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other convictions as prior
3convictions for purposes of administrative action by the department of
4transportation, sentencing by a court, or revocation or suspension of motor vehicle
5operating privileges.