A. Every manufacturer or distributor of new electric-assisted bicycles intended for sale or distribution in New Mexico shall permanently affix to each electric-assisted bicycle, in a prominent location, a label that contains the classification number, top assisted speed and motor wattage of the electric-assisted bicycle. The label shall be printed in arial font in at least nine-point type.

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B. A person shall not knowingly modify an electric-assisted bicycle so as to change the speed capability or motor engagement of the electric-assisted bicycle without also appropriately replacing, or causing to be replaced, the label indicating the classification required by Subsection A of this section.

C. An electric-assisted bicycle shall comply with the equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the United States consumer product safety commission and codified at 16 C.F.R. § part 1512 or its successor regulation.

D. A class 2 electric-assisted bicycle shall operate in a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function when the brakes are applied. Class 1 and class 3 electric-assisted bicycles shall be equipped with a mechanism or circuit that cannot be bypassed and that causes the electric motor to disengage or cease to function when the rider stops pedaling.

E. A class 3 electric-assisted bicycle shall be equipped with a speedometer that displays, in miles per hour, the speed that the electric-assisted bicycle is traveling.