Bill > A2382

Introduced Session

This bill restricts the use of motorized skateboards, including "hoverboards." A "motorized skateboard" is defined in current law, at N.J.S.A.39:1-1, as a skateboard that is propelled otherwise than by muscular power. The bill revises this definition to clarify that a motorized skateboard includes a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric skateboard, commonly known as a "hoverboard." The bill also requires a person operating a motorized skateboard to wear a properly fitted and fastened helmet and to be at least 16 years of age. The bill prohibits a person from operating a motorized skateboard at a speed greater than 10 miles per hour. A person under the age of 16 who operates a motorized skateboard in violation of the bill's provisions would be warned of the violation by the enforcing official. The parent or legal guardian of the violator may be fined a maximum of $25 for a first offense and a maximum of $100 for a subsequent offense. In addition to the requirements under current law, a business selling or renting motorized skateboards would be required to post a sign at the point where the sale or rental transaction is completed stating: "STATE LAW PROHIBITS ANY PERSON UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE FROM OPERATING A MOTORIZED SKATEBOARD AND REQUIRES A PERSON TO WEAR A HELMET WHEN USING A MOTORIZED SKATEBOARD." This bill is similar to a California law that regulates the use of motorized skateboards.

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Benjie Wimberly (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee (on 02/03/2020)