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AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: October 16, 2023 Contact: David Moore, Senior Staff Attorney
2023 Senate Bill 109
Senate
Amendment 1
2023 SENATE BILL 109
Current law prohibits the operation of all-terrain vehicle (ATV) or utility terrain vehicle (UTV) upon any
part of a freeway which is part of the federal system of interstate and defense highways and, subject to
certain exceptions, upon any part of any other freeway unless the Department of Transportation
authorizes the use of that vehicle on the freeway. Current law exempts from these restrictions the
operator of an ATV or UTV owned by a municipality, state agency, or public utility, or by the Great
Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) while the operator is engaged in an emergency
or in the operation of an ATV or UTV directly related to the functions of the municipality, state agency,
or public utility, or of GLIFWC, if safety does not require strict adherence to the restrictions.
2023 Senate Bill 109 exempts the operator of an ATV or UTV owned by an electric cooperative from the
restrictions described above under the same circumstances as apply to the operator of an ATV or UTV
owned by a municipality, state agency, or public utility, or by GLIFWC.
SENATE AMENDMENT 1
Senate Amendment 1 to 2023 Senate Bill 109 also exempts from the restrictions above the operator of
an ATV or UTV while the operator is engaged in activities at the direction of and under contract with a
municipality or an electric cooperative, if safety does not require strict adherence to the restrictions.
BILL HISTORY
Senator Wanggaard offered Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 109 on May 1, 2023. On October 6,
2023, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government voted unanimously to
recommend adoption of Senate Amendment 1 and passage of Senate Bill 109, as amended.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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