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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 27 - Transportation
Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic
Chapter 51 - Operation of Vehicles -- Rules of the Road
Subchapter 17 - Electric Bicycle Act
§ 27-51-1704. Equipment
Universal Citation: AR Code § 27-51-1704 (2017)
- (a) An electric bicycle shall comply with the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 16 C.F.R. part 1512.
- (b) On and after January 1, 2018, a manufacturer or distributor of electric bicycles shall apply a label in at least 9-point font that is permanently affixed in a prominent location to each electric bicycle identifying the:
- (1) Classification number;
- (2) Top assisted speed; and
- (3) Motor wattage of the electric bicycle.
- (c) A person shall not tamper with or modify an electric bicycle so as to change the motor-powered speed capability or engagement of an electric bicycle, unless he or she appropriately replaces the label indicating the classification required in subsection (b) of this section.
- (d)
- (1) A Class 2 electric bicycle shall operate in a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function when the brakes are applied.
- (2) A Class 1 electric bicycle and a Class 3 electric bicycle shall operate in a manner so that the motor will disengage through or cease to function when the operator stops pedaling.
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