1. Prohibits a Neighborhood Occupantless Electric Vehicle from:

a) operating, stopping or parking in a bicycle path or lane;

b) operating on the roadways within the boundaries of a public airport, or operating at an airport without express permission of the airport owner; and

c) transporting hazardous materials that are regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994.

2. Defines highway as a street or roadway.

Page 12, between lines 35 and 36, insert:

"Sec. 2. Section 28-815, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-815. Riding on roadway and bicycle path; bicycle path usage

A. A person riding a bicycle on a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except under any of the following situations:

1. If overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

2. If preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

3. If reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals or surface hazards.

4. If the lane in which the person is operating the bicycle is too narrow for a bicycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.

B. Persons riding bicycles on a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.

C. A path or lane that is designated as a bicycle path or lane by state or local authorities is for the exclusive use of bicycles even though other uses are permitted pursuant to subsection D of this section or are otherwise permitted allowed by state or local authorities.

D. A person shall not operate, stop, park or leave standing a vehicle, including a neighborhood occupantless electric vehicle, in a path or lane designated as a bicycle path or lane by a state or local authority except in the case of emergency or for crossing the path or lane to gain access to a public or private road or driveway.

E. Subsection D of this section does not prohibit the use of the path or lane by the appropriate local authority.END_STATUTE"

Renumber to conform

Page 12, line 41, after "vehicle" insert "; definition"

Page 13, after line 40, insert:

"4. The neighborhood occupantless electric vehicle may not be operated on A roadway within the boundaries of A public airport terminal and may not be operated at a public airport without express permission of the public airport owner.

5. The neighborhood occupantless electric vehicle may not transport hazardous materials that are regulated under the hazardous materials transportation authorization act of 1994 (P.L. 103-311; 108 Stat. 1673; 49 united states code sections 5101 through 5128) and that must be placarded under 49 code of federal regulations sections 172.500 through 172.560.

F. For the purposes of this section, "highway" means a street or roadway."

Amend title to conform

1. Prohibits a Neighborhood Occupantless Electric Vehicle from:

a) operating, stopping or parking in a bicycle path or lane;

b) operating on the roadways within the boundaries of a public airport, or operating at an airport without express permission of the airport owner; and

c) transporting hazardous materials that are regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994.

2. Defines highway as a street or roadway.

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