| TO: | Honorable Joseph Pickett, Chair, House Committee on Transportation |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB129 by Ellis (Relating to the maximum speed limit for a neighborhood electric vehicle being operated on a street or highway.), As Engrossed |
The bill would further define a "neighborhood electric vehicle" as a vehicle that can attain a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour on a paved level surface. The bill would restrict a neighborhood electric vehicle to streets or highways where the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour and permit the vehicle to cross a road or street at an intersection where the road or street has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour. The bill also would prohibit a neighborhood electric vehicle from being operated at a speed that exceeds the lesser of the posted speed limit or 35 miles per hour.
Current statute limits these vehicles to being operated on a street or highway that has a posted speed limit of no more than 35 miles per hour. The bill would clarify that the vehicle must be operated within the posted speed limit.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, DB
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