For the purposes of §§ 32-26-21.1 to 32-26-21.6, inclusive, the term, motorized foot scooter, means a wheeled conveyance, with handlebars, designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and powered by an electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion, and that has no more than two twelve inch or smaller diameter wheels and has a motor that is capable of a maximum speed of fifteen miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than one percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged. An electric bicycle is not a motorized foot scooter.

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Source: SL 2021, ch 137, § 2; SL 2022, ch 101, § 2, eff. Mar. 16, 2022.