H-0057.1
HOUSE BILL 1884
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State of Washington | 64th Legislature | 2015 Regular Session |
By Representatives Vick, Bergquist, Hayes, Riccelli, Orcutt, Wilson, and Pike
Read first time 02/02/15. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to the definition of a one-wheeled self-balancing device; amending RCW
46.04.1695; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that at least two companies in Washington have developed a one-wheeled device for people to use to travel from place to place. These devices are unregulated and can travel wherever and however they like. By adding these devices to the definition of an electric personal assistive mobility device, they become regulated and local communities can determine locations that are appropriate for their use.
Sec. 2. RCW 46.04.1695 and 2002 c 247 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
"Electric personal assistive mobility device" (EPAMD) means (1) a self-balancing device with two wheels not in tandem, designed to transport only one person by an electric propulsion system with an average power of seven hundred fifty watts (one horsepower) having a maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator weighing one hundred seventy pounds, of less than twenty miles per hour or (2) a self-balancing device with one wheel designed to transport only one person by an electric propulsion system with an average power of two thousand watts (two and two-thirds horsepower) having a maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system, of less than twenty miles per hour.
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