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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL 427 By: Newhouse and Coleman
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to utility vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 11-1116, which relates to self-
propelled or motor-driven and operated vehicles on
streets, highways, and roadways within unincorporated
areas; modifying statutory reference; prohibiting
certain vehicles exceeding specific speed when
operated on streets and highways; modi fying where
certain vehicles may be operated; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF TH E 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 prohibited from
operating or shall be limited in operation on the streets and
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 (30) 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 streets or highways . Since it
is not provided with equipment required by law for street or highway
use, all persons are cautioned that any operation of thi s vehicle
upon a public street or highway will be i n 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 st reets and highways of
this state except:
1. Golf carts or utility vehicles owned by the O klahoma Tourism
and Recreation Department , and operated by employees or agents of
the Department or employees of independent management companies
working on behalf of the Department, may be operated on the streets
and highways of this state during daylight hours or under rules
developed by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission, when
the streets and highways are located within the boundaries of a
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state park. The Department shall have warning signs placed at the
entrance and other locations at those state parks allowing golf
carts or utility vehicles to be operated on the streets and highways
of this state located within the boundaries of those state parks .
The warning signs shall state that golf carts and utili ty vehicles
may be operating on street s and highways and that motor vehicle
operators shall take special precautions 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 and/or utility vehicles on
city streets; provided, such ordinances shall include necessary
vehicle lighting and safety requirements;
3. Golf carts or utility vehicles may operate on state highways
only if making a perpendicular crossing of a st ate highway located
within the boundaries of a municipality which has adopted 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 utili ty vehicle traffic 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 cart or utility vehicle traf fic,
is erected by the board of county commissioners ; or
5. Street-legal utility vehicles that are registered as a m otor
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, when traveling on U.S. highways street-legal
utility vehicles are restricted to those posted at fifty (5 0) miles
per hour or less. Street-legal utility vehicles shall not be
operated on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
or U.S. highways.
D. All-terrain vehicles shall not be operated on the streets
and highways of this state, except:
1. On unpaved roads which are located within the boundarie s of
any property of the Forest Servic e of the United States Department
of Agriculture;
2. On highways if:
a. the vehicle needs to make a direct crossing of the
highway while the vehicle is traveling upon a
regularly traveled trail and needs to continue t ravel
from one area of the trail to an other and, if the
vehicle comes to a comple te stop, yields the right -of-
way to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an
immediate hazard, and crosses the highway at an angle
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of approximately ninety (90) degrees to the direction
of the street or highway . This exception shall not
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 n ot more than three
hundred (300) feet on a highway to cross a railroad
track,
c. the operator of the all -terrain vehicle making the
crossing at a highway has a valid driver lic ense, and
d. the operator of the vehic le makes a crossing on a
highway during daylight hours only;
3. On streets and highways within a municipality if the
municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance governing the
operation of golf carts, utility veh icles or all-terrain vehicles on
streets and highways within the municipality ; or
4. On roadways within unincorporated areas of a county if those
roadways are not part of the state highway 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:
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1. The municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance
governing the operatio n of mopeds on city streets; provided, such
ordinances shall include neces sary vehicle lighting and safety
requirements; or
2. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved
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, 2023.
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