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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3661 By: Sterling of the House
and
Weaver of the Senate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 11-1116, which relates to self-
propelled or motor-driven and operated vehicles;
updating statutory reference; deleting divided
highway crossing prohibition for all-terrain
vehicles; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11 -1116, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-1116. A. The self-propelled or motor-driven and
operated vehicles des cribed in this section shall be pro hibited from
operating or shall be limited in operation on the streets a nd
highways of this sta te.
B. Self-propelled or motor-driven cycles, known and commonly
referred to as "minibikes" and other similar trade names, sh all be
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prohibited from operating on the streets and highways of this state,
except:
1. When used in a parade; or
2. When registered, as required by subsection E of Section 1151
of this title, and operated in this state by food vendor services
upon streets having a speed limit of thirty (3 0) miles per hour or
less.
All minibikes offered for sale in this state shall bear the
following notice to the customer: "This machine is not manufactured
or sold for operation on the public st reets or highways. Since it
is not provided with equipment req uired by law for street or highway
use, all persons are cautioned that a ny operation of this vehicle
upon a public street or highwa y will be in violation of the motor
vehicle laws of this state and will subject the violat or to arrest."
C. Golf carts and utility vehicles, as defined by Section 1102
of this title, shall not be operated on the streets and highways of
this state except:
1. Golf carts or utility vehicles owned by the Oklahoma Touri sm
and Recreation Department , and operated by employees or agen ts of
the Department or employees of independent management companies
working on behalf of the Department, may be operated on the s treets
and highways of this state during daylight hours or und er rules
developed by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commi ssion, when
the streets and highways are located within the boundaries o f a
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state park. The Department shall have warning signs pl aced at the
entrance and other locations at those state parks allowing golf
carts or utility vehicles to be operated on the s treets and highways
of this state located within the boundaries of those state parks.
The warning signs shall state that golf cart s and utility vehicles
may be operating on streets and highway s and that motor vehicle
operators shall take special precautio ns to be alert for the
presence of golf carts or utility vehicles on the streets and
highways;
2. The municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance
governing the operation of golf carts an d/or utility vehicles on
city streets; provided, such ordinance s shall include necessary
vehicle lighting and safety requirements;
3. Golf carts or utility vehicles may operate on state highway s
only if making a perpendicular crossing of a state highway l ocated
within the boundaries of a municipality which has adopte d an
ordinance governing the operation of golf carts and/or utility
vehicles;
4. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved
the operation of golf cart and/or utility vehicle tr affic on
roadways within the county, and:
a. the roadway has a posted speed limit of twenty -five
(25) miles per hour or less,
b. the roadway is located in an unincorporated area, and
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c. appropriate signage, cautioning motorists of the
possibility of golf c art or utility vehicle traf fic,
is erected by the board of coun ty commissioners; or
5. Street-legal utility vehicles that are register ed as a motor
vehicle pursuant to subsection B of Section 1 1-171.1 of this act
title may be operated on the streets and highways of this state .
Provided, however, street-legal utility vehicles shall not be
operated on the National System of Interstate an d Defense Highways
or U.S. highways.
D. All-terrain vehicles shall not be operated on the streets
and highways of this s tate, except:
1. On unpaved roads which are located within the boundaries of
any property of the Forest Service of the United States D epartment
of Agriculture;
2. On highways if:
a. the vehicle needs to make a direct crossing of the
highway while the veh icle is traveling upon a
regularly traveled trail and needs to continue travel
from one area of the trail to another and, if the
vehicle comes to a complete stop, yields the right -of-
way to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an
immediate hazard, and cro sses the highway at an angle
of approximately ninety (90) degre es to the direction
of the street or highway . This exception shall not
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apply to divided highways or highways with a posted
speed limit of more than thirty -five (35) miles per
hour in the area of the crossing,
b. the vehicle needs to travel on a highway in order to
cross a railroad track . In that event, the all -
terrain vehicle may travel for not more than three
hundred (300) feet on a highway to cross a railroad
track,
c. the operator of the al l-terrain vehicle making the
crossing at a highway has a valid driver license, and
d. the operator of the vehicle makes a crossing on a
highway during daylight hours only;
3. On streets and highways within a municipality if the
municipal governing body ha s adopted an ordinance governing the
operation of golf carts, u tility vehicles or all -terrain vehicles on
streets and highways within t he municipality; or
4. On roadways within unincorporated a reas of a county if those
roadways are not part of the state h ighway system or the National
System of Interstate and Defense Highways; provided, however, that
the driver is a licensed driver.
E. Mopeds, as defined by Section 1-133.2 of this title, may be
operated on the streets and highways of this state if:
1. The municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance
governing the operation of mopeds on city streets; provided, such
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ordinances shall include necessary vehicle lighting and safety
requirements; or
2. The board of county commissioners of a county has appro ved
the operation of mopeds on roadways w ithin the county, not including
roadways within a municipality.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, dated 02/15/2022 -
DO PASS, As Coauthored.