AB159: Bill Text

AB159,23,25 346.803 (4) Except as provided in s. ss. 349.236 (1) (bm) and 349.237, a person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device, or an electric scooter at a speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour, upon any bicycle path.

AB159,79 Section 79. 346.804 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,24,6 346.804 Riding bicycle on sidewalk. When local authorities under s. 346.94 (1) permit bicycles on the sidewalk, every person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device rider or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.

AB159,80 Section 80. 346.805 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,24,15 346.805 Riding electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device on sidewalk. Except as provided in ss. 346.94 (18) (a) 2. and (18s), 349.236 (1) (b), and 349.237, a person may operate an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device upon any sidewalk. Every person operating an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian or bicyclist and shall exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a bicycle or other electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.

AB159,81 Section 81. 346.94 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,24,23 346.94 (12) Driving on bicycle lane or bicycle way. No operator of a motor vehicle may drive upon a bicycle lane or bicycle way except to enter a driveway, to merge into a bicycle lane before turning at an intersection, or to enter or leave a parking space located adjacent to the bicycle lane or bicycle way. Persons operating a motor vehicle upon a bicycle lane or bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all bicycles, electric scooters, and electric personal assistive mobility devices within the bicycle lane or bicycle way.

AB159,82 Section 82 . 346.94 (18s) of the statutes is created to read:

AB159,25,5 346.94 (18s) Electric scooters on roadways, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and bicycle ways. (a) Except as otherwise prohibited in this chapter, a person may operate an electric scooter upon any roadway, sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle way that is under the jurisdiction of the department or that is open to operation of bicycles.

AB159,25,9 (b) A person may operate an electric scooter upon any roadway, sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle way under the jurisdiction of a local authority, subject to any restrictions or prohibitions specified by municipal ordinance enacted under s. 349.237.

AB159,25,11 (c) No person may operate an electric scooter upon any roadway, sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle way at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.

AB159,83 Section 83. 347.02 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,25,13 347.02 (1) (i) Electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.

AB159,84 Section 84. 347.245 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,26,6 347.245 (1) No person may operate on a highway any vehicle or equipment, any implement of husbandry, any animal-drawn vehicle, or any other machinery, including all road machinery, that usually travels at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour or any vehicle operated under a special restricted operator's license issued under s. 343.135 or any lightweight utility vehicle, as defined in s. 346.94 (21) (a) 2., unless there is displayed on the most practicable visible rear area of the vehicle or combination of vehicles, a slow moving vehicle (SMV) emblem as described in and displayed as provided in sub. (2). Any towed vehicle or machine is exempt from this provision if the towing vehicle is visible from the rear and is in compliance with this section. All road machinery is excluded when it is engaged in actual construction or maintenance work either guarded by a flagman or clearly visible warning signs. The requirement of the emblem shall be in addition to any lighting devices required or permitted by law. Mopeds and motor bicycles are excluded from the provisions of this section unless they are operated under a special restricted operator's license issued under s. 343.135. Electric scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and personal delivery devices are excluded from the provisions of this section. The SMV emblem need not be displayed on vehicles moving directly across the highway.

AB159,85 Section 85. 347.489 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,26,24 347.489 (1) No person may operate a bicycle, motor bicycle, personal delivery device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a highway, sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle way during hours of darkness unless the bicycle, motor bicycle, personal delivery device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device is equipped with or, with respect to a bicycle or motor bicycle, the operator is wearing, a lamp emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front of the bicycle, motor bicycle, personal delivery device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device. A bicycle, motor bicycle, personal delivery device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device shall also be equipped with a red reflector that has a diameter of at least 2 inches of surface area or, with respect to an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device, that is a strip of reflective tape that has at least 2 square inches of surface area, on the rear so mounted and maintained as to be visible from all distances from 50 to 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a steady or flashing red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in lieu of the red reflector.

AB159,86 Section 86. 347.489 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,27,5 347.489 (2) No person may operate a bicycle, motor bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a highway, bicycle lane, or bicycle way unless it is equipped with a brake in good working condition, adequate to control the movement of and to stop the bicycle, motor bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device whenever necessary.

AB159,87 Section 87. 347.489 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,27,10 347.489 (3) No bicycle, motor bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device may be equipped with nor may any person riding upon a bicycle, motor bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device use any siren or compression whistle.

AB159,88 Section 88. 348.01 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,27,16 348.01 (2) (d) “Vehicle for recreational use" includes a bicycle, moped, motor bicycle, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, utility terrain vehicle, snowmobile, boat, as defined in s. 30.50 (2), sailboard, as defined in s. 30.50 (11), personal watercraft, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device, but does not include an automobile, motor truck, motor home, play vehicle, or in-line skates.

AB159,89 Section 89. 349.015 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,27,23 349.015 Applicability of chapter to electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices. An electric scooter and an electric personal assistive mobility device shall be considered a vehicle for purposes of this chapter, except those provisions which by their express terms apply only to motor vehicles or which by their very nature would have no application to electric scooters or electric personal assistive mobility devices.

AB159,90 Section 90 . 349.237 of the statutes is created to read:

AB159,28,7 349.237 Authority to regulate operation of electric scooters. The governing body of any municipality or county may, by ordinance, regulate the rental and operation of electric scooters in a manner consistent with the provisions of this chapter and with the regulation of bicycles, including by restricting or prohibiting operation on sidewalks or on streets with speed limits in excess of 25 miles per hour or by restricting or prohibiting the short-term commercial rental of electric scooters to the general public.

AB159,91 Section 91. 779.41 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB159,28,18 779.41 (2) Every keeper of a garage or repair shop who alters, repairs, or does any work on any detached accessory, fitting, or part of an automobile, a truck, a motorcycle, a moped, a motor bicycle or similar motor vehicle, a bicycle, an electric scooter, or an electric personal assistive mobility device, at the request of the owner or legal possessor thereof, shall have a lien upon and may retain possession of any such accessory, fitting, or part until the charges for such alteration, repairing, or other work have been paid. If the detached article becomes attached to such motor vehicle, bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device while in the possession of the keeper, the keeper has a lien on the motor vehicle, bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device under sub. (1).

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