HB1786: Vehicles on sidewalks; use of power-driven mobility devices.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles on sidewalks.
[H 1786]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-903. Riding or driving vehicles other than bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, or other power-driven mobility device on sidewalks.

No person shall ride or drive any vehicle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth other than (i) an emergency vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-920,; (ii) a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations,; (iii) a wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, whether self-propelled or otherwise,; (iv) a bicycle,; (v) an electric personal assistive mobility device,; or (vi) an electric power-assisted bicycle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any public entity, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327) and other applicable state and federal laws, from (a) allowing the use of other power-driven mobility devices, as that term is defined in § 10.1-204, by disabled individuals on a sidewalk or (b) requiring a user of an other power-driven mobility device to provide a credible assurance that the mobility device is required because of the person's disability.


HOUSE BILL NO. 1786
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation
on January 17, 2019)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Hurst)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles on sidewalks.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-903. Riding or driving vehicles other than bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, or other power-driven mobility device on sidewalks.

No person shall ride or drive any vehicle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth other than (i) an emergency vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-920,; (ii) a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations,; (iii) a wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, whether self-propelled or otherwise,; (iv) a bicycle,; (v) an electric personal assistive mobility device,; or (vi) an electric power-assisted bicycle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any public entity from (a) allowing the use of other power-driven mobility devices, as that term is defined in § 10.1-204, by disabled individuals on a sidewalk or (b) requiring a user of an other power-driven mobility device to provide a credible assurance that the mobility device is required because of the person's disability, in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327) and other applicable state and federal laws.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1786

Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled December 27, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles on sidewalks.
Patron-- Hurst
Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-903. Riding or driving vehicles other than bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, or other power-driven mobility device on sidewalks.

No person shall ride or drive any vehicle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth other than (i) an emergency vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-920,; (ii) a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations,; (iii) a wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, whether self-propelled or otherwise,; (iv) a bicycle,; (v) an electric personal assistive mobility device, or; (vi) an electric power-assisted bicycle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth; or (vii) an other power-driven mobility device, as that term is defined in 28 CFR 35.104.