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2019 Arkansas Code
Title 27 - Transportation
Subtitle 4 - Motor Vehicular Traffic
Chapter 51 - Operation of Vehicles - Rules of the Road
Subchapter 19 - Electric Motorized Scooter Act
§ 27-51-1902. Definitions

Universal Citation:
AR Code § 27-51-1902 (2019)
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  • As used in this subchapter:
    • (1)

      • (A) “Electric motorized scooter” means a device that:

        • (i) Weighs less than one hundred pounds (100 lbs.);

        • (ii) Has two (2) or three (3) wheels;

        • (iii) Has a handlebar;

        • (iv) Is equipped with a floorboard that can be used to stand on while riding the electric motorized scooter;

        • (v) Is powered by an electric motor; and

        • (vi) Has a maximum speed of twenty miles per hour (20 m.p.h.) with or without human propulsion on a paved level surface.

      • (B) “Electric motorized scooter” does not include:

        • (i) A motorcycle, an electric bicycle, an electric personal assisted mobility device, a motor-driven cycle, a motorized bicycle as defined in § 27-20-101, or a moped; or

        • (ii) An electric bicycle under § 27-51-1702;

    • (2) “Scooter-share operator” means a person or company offering a shared scooter for hire;

    • (3) “Scooter-share program” means a service in which a shared scooter is made available to use for hire; and

    • (4) “Shared scooter” means an electric motorized scooter offered for hire.

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