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2025 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles
Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions
8-1489 "Electric-assisted bicycle" defined; classes of electric-assisted bicycles.

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KS Stat § 8-1489 (2025)
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8-1489. "Electric-assisted bicycle" defined; classes of electric-assisted bicycles.
"Electric-assisted bicycle" means a bicycle with two or three wheels, a saddle, fully operative pedals for human propulsion, and an electric motor of less than 750 watts that meets the requirements of one of the following three classes:

(a) "Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle" means an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour;

(b) "class 2 electric-assisted bicycle" means an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour; or

(c) "class 3 electric-assisted bicycle" means an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour.

History: L. 2000, ch. 179, § 4; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 7; July 1.

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