(625 ILCS 5/11-1516) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-854) Sec. 11-1516. Low-speed gas bicycles. (a) A person may operate a low-speed gas bicycle only if the person is at least 16 years of age. (b) A person may not operate a low-speed gas bicycle at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour upon any highway, street, or roadway. (c) A person may not operate a low-speed gas bicycle on a sidewalk. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the provisions of this Article XV that apply to bicycles also apply to low-speed gas bicycles.
(Source: P.A. 100-209, eff. 1-1-18.) (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-854) Sec. 11-1516. Low-speed gas bicycles. (a) A person may operate a low-speed gas bicycle only if the person is at least 16 years of age. A low-speed gas bicycle that is manufactured to accommodate passengers may not be operated by a person under the age of 18 with a passenger unless the passenger is a sibling, stepsibling, child, or stepchild of the operator. (a-5) A person may operate a low-speed gas bicycle upon any highway, street, or roadway authorized for use by bicycles, including, but not limited to, bicycle lanes. (a-10) A person may operate a low-speed gas bicycle upon any bicycle path unless the State agency with jurisdiction prohibits the use of low-speed gas bicycles or a specific class of low-speed gas bicycles on that path. The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to adopt administrative rules for the regulation of low-speed gas bicycles on any and all properties owned, managed, or leased by the Department of Natural Resources. Notwithstanding subsection (e), park districts, forest preserve districts, conservation districts, and transit districts may, by ordinance or resolution, regulate the use of low-speed gas bicycles upon any bicycle path under its jurisdiction. (b) A person may not operate a low-speed gas bicycle at a speed greater than 28 miles per hour upon any highway, street, or roadway. (c) A person may not operate a low-speed gas bicycle on a sidewalk. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the provisions of this Article XV that apply to bicycles also apply to low-speed gas bicycles. (e) Except as specifically authorized in this Section, no unit of local government, including a home rule unit, may regulate low-speed gas bicycles. This subsection (e) is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, and is an exercise of exclusive State power which may not be exercised concurrently by a home rule unit. (Source: P.A. 104-854, eff. 1-1-27.)