Budget Amendment ID: FY2019-S4-39

OTH 39

Autocycle motor vehicle definition and operating requirements

Messrs. Collins, Boncore and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following sections:

"SECTION XX. Section 1 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “auto home” the following definition:-

“Autocycle”, a three-wheel motor vehicle that has a steering wheel and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it.

SECTION XX. Section 7 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting:

in line 149, after the word “motorcycle”, the words “or autocycle”;

in line, 149, after the word “passenger”, the words “in an autocycle or”;

in line 153, after the word “motorcycle”, the words “or autocycle”; and

in line 154, after the words “on such”, the words “autocycle or”.

SECTION XX. Section 8 of said chapter 90, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:-

Any person possessing a valid class D operator’s license shall be permitted to operate an autocycle."