§ 42-4-109.6 — Class B low-speed electric vehicles - effective date - rules

Colorado § 42-4-109.6

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 42: Vehicles and
• Art.: Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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(1)
A class B low-speed electric vehicle may be operated only on a roadway that has a
speed limit equal to or less than forty-five miles per hour; except that it may be
operated to directly cross a roadway that has a speed limit greater than forty-five
miles per hour at an at-grade crossing to continue traveling along a roadway with a
speed limit equal to or less than forty-five miles per hour.

(2) No person shall operate a class B low-speed electric vehicle on a limited-access highway.

(3) Any person who violates subsection (1) or (2) of this section commits a
class B traffic infraction.

(4) For the purposes of this section, class B low-speed electric vehicle
means a low-speed electric vehicle that is capable of traveling at greater than
twenty-five miles per hour but less than forty-five miles per hour.

(5) (a) The department of revenue shall not register or issue a title for a class
B low-speed electric vehicle until after the United States department of
transportation, through the national highway traffic safety administration, has
adopted a federal motor vehicle safety standard for low-speed electric vehicles
that authorizes operation at greater than twenty-five miles per hour but less than
forty-five miles per hour.

(b) After the United States department of transportation, through the
national highway traffic safety administration, has adopted a federal motor vehicle
safety standard for low-speed electric vehicles that authorizes operation at greater
than twenty-five miles per hour but less than forty-five miles per hour, the
department of revenue shall promulgate rules authorizing the operation of class B
low-speed electric vehicles in compliance with this section and shall notify the
revisor of statutes in writing. Upon the promulgation of rules authorizing the
operation of such vehicles, subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall take effect.

(6) The Colorado department of transportation may regulate the operation of
a class B low-speed electric vehicle on a state highway located outside of a
municipality. The regulation shall take effect when the Colorado department of
transportation places an appropriate sign that provides adequate notice of the
regulation.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-075), ch. 418, p. 2322, � 6, effective August 5. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1422), ch. 419, p. 2125, � 186, effective August 11.