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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="22-420" title_number="22" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Equipment of Vehicles" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Other Equipment">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning January 1, 2020, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall apply in a prominent location a standardized label that is permanently affixed to each electric bicycle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The label required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be printed in Arial font in at least 9 point type and contain for the electric bicycle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The classification;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The top assisted speed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The motor wattage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not tamper with or modify an electric bicycle in a manner that changes the motor–powered speed capability of the electric bicycle unless the person corrects the classification on the label required under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An electric bicycle shall comply with the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. § 1512.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An electric bicycle shall operate in a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>When the brakes are applied; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a Class 1 or Class 3 electric bicycle, when the operator stops pedaling.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A Class 3 electric bicycle shall be equipped with a speedometer that displays the speed of the electric bicycle in miles per hour.</text>
  </level>
</section>
