(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.
No person shall operate a class B low-speed electric vehicle on a limited-accesshighway.
Any person who violates subsection (1) or (2) of this section commits a class Btraffic infraction.
For the purposes of this section, "class B low-speed electric vehicle" means a lowspeed electric vehicle that is capable of traveling at greater than twenty-five miles per hour but less than forty-five miles per hour.
(a) The department of revenue shall not register or issue a title for a class B lowspeed 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.
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.
Editor's note: As of publication date, the revisor of statutes has not received the notice referred to in subsection (5)(b).