Effective - 28 Aug 2021
307.194. Electric bicycles — rights and privileges — label, requirements — modifications require new label — product safety standards — authorized to ride, where, exceptions — class 3 electric bicycles, special provisions. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person riding an electric bicycle shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the operator of a bicycle. An electric bicycle shall be considered a vehicle to the same extent as a bicycle.
2. An electric bicycle or a person operating an electric bicycle is not subject to provisions of law that are applicable to motor vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, off-road vehicles, off-highway vehicles, motor vehicle rentals, motor vehicle dealers or franchises, or motorcycle dealers or franchises, including vehicle registration, certificates of title, drivers' licenses, and financial responsibility.
3. Beginning August 28, 2021, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall apply a permanent label to each electric bicycle. The label, which shall be affixed to the electric bicycle in a prominent location, shall contain the classification number, top assisted speed, and motor wattage of the electric bicycle. The text on the label shall be Arial font and in at least nine-point type.
4. No person shall 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 replaces the label required under subsection 3 of this section with a new label indicating the new classification.
5. An electric bicycle shall comply with the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, 16 CFR 1512.
6. An electric bicycle shall operate in a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function when the rider stops pedaling or when the brakes are applied.
7. An electric bicycle may be ridden where bicycles are permitted to travel, subject to the following provisions:
(1) An electric bicycle may be ridden on bicycle or multi-use paths where bicycles are permitted;
(2) Following notice and a public hearing, a municipality, local authority, or state agency having jurisdiction over a bicycle or multi-use path may prohibit the operation of a class 1 electric bicycle or class 2 electric bicycle on that path if it finds that such a restriction is needed for safety reasons or compliance with other laws or legal obligations;
(3) A municipality, local authority, or state agency having jurisdiction over a bicycle or multi-use path may prohibit the operation of a class 3 electric bicycle on that path; and
(4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a trail that is specifically designated as nonmotorized and that has a natural surface tread that is made by clearing and grading the native soil with no added surfacing materials. A local authority or agency of the state having jurisdiction over a trail described in this subsection may regulate the use of an electric bicycle on that trail.
8. The use of class 3 electric bicycles shall be subject to the following provisions:
(1) No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a class 3 electric bicycle. A person under sixteen years of age may ride as a passenger on a class 3 electric bicycle that is designed to accommodate passengers; and
(2) All class 3 electric bicycles shall be equipped with a speedometer that is capable of displaying the speed an electric bicycle is traveling in miles per hour.
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(L. 2021 S.B. 176)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation
Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations
Section 307.005 - Light-emitting diodes deemed operating properly, when.
Section 307.010 - Loads which might become dislodged to be secured — failure, penalty.
Section 307.015 - Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty.
Section 307.020 - Definitions.
Section 307.035 - Director's decisions final, when — appeal to board — hearing and decisions.
Section 307.040 - When lights required — violation, penalty.
Section 307.045 - Headlamp on motor vehicles — violations, penalty.
Section 307.050 - Headlamps — permissible substitutes, speed limit.
Section 307.055 - Single-beam headlamps — intensity, adjustment — violation, penalty.
Section 307.060 - Multiple-beam headlamps — arrangement — violation, penalty.
Section 307.065 - New vehicles shall have beam indicator — violation, penalty.
Section 307.070 - Dimming of lights, when — violation, penalty.
Section 307.075 - Taillamps, reflectors — violations, penalty.
Section 307.080 - Auxiliary lamps — number — location — violation, penalty.
Section 307.085 - Cowl, fender, running board and backup lamps — violation, penalty.
Section 307.090 - Spotlamps — restrictions, penalty.
Section 307.095 - Colors of various lamps — restriction of red lights, penalty.
Section 307.105 - Limitation on total of lamps lighted at one time — violation, penalty.
Section 307.110 - Parked vehicles — how lighted — exception — violation, penalty.
Section 307.115 - Other vehicles — how lighted — violation, penalty.
Section 307.120 - Penalty for violations.
Section 307.122 - Electronic message devices, prohibited on vehicle, exceptions — penalty.
Section 307.125 - Animal-driven vehicles, lighting requirements — penalty — rulemaking authority.
Section 307.130 - Safety glass defined.
Section 307.135 - Director not to license vehicle without safety glass.
Section 307.140 - Safety glass on vehicles for hire and school buses.
Section 307.145 - Sale of vehicles without safety glass prohibited.
Section 307.150 - List of approved glass.
Section 307.155 - Violation a misdemeanor.
Section 307.160 - Revocation of permit by public service commission.
Section 307.165 - Seat safety belts standard equipment, when — penalty.
Section 307.170 - Other equipment of motor vehicles — violations, penalty.
Section 307.171 - Studded tires, prohibited when — penalty.
Section 307.175 - Sirens and flashing lights, use of, when — permits — violation, penalty.
Section 307.180 - Bicycle and motorized bicycle, defined.
Section 307.183 - Brakes required.
Section 307.185 - Lights and reflectors, when required — standards to be met.
Section 307.188 - Rights and duties of bicycle, electric bicycle, and motorized bicycle riders.
Section 307.190 - Riding to right, required for bicycles and motorized bicycles.
Section 307.191 - Bicycle to operate on the shoulder adjacent to roadway, when — roadway defined.
Section 307.192 - Bicycle required to give hand or mechanical signals.
Section 307.193 - Penalty for violation.
Section 307.196 - Equipment required.
Section 307.198 - All-terrain vehicles, equipment required — penalty.
Section 307.205 - Defined — requirements for operation.
Section 307.207 - Equipment required.
Section 307.209 - Roadway operation, requirements.
Section 307.211 - Violations, penalties.
Section 307.250 - Compact — entered into.
Section 307.255 - Legislative findings.
Section 307.260 - Rules not effective until approved by legislature.
Section 307.265 - Director of revenue to be state's commissioner.
Section 307.275 - State agencies to cooperate with commission.
Section 307.280 - Documents to be filed with secretary of state.
Section 307.285 - Commission to submit budget to commissioner of administration.
Section 307.290 - State auditor may inspect commission's accounts.
Section 307.295 - Executive head defined.
Section 307.353 - No safety inspection required during registration period which exceeds two years.
Section 307.370 - Prohibited acts.
Section 307.402 - Inspection of state-owned vehicles, responsibility for.