Bill Text: FL S1024 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Off-highway Vehicles
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-20 - Chapter No. 2014-187 [S1024 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1024-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Off-highway Vehicles
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-20 - Chapter No. 2014-187 [S1024 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1024-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1024 By Senator Dean 5-01109-14 20141024__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to off-highway vehicles; amending s. 3 261.03, F.S.; revising the terms “ATV” and “ROV”; 4 amending s. 316.2074, F.S.; revising the term “all 5 terrain vehicle”; amending s. 317.0003, F.S.; revising 6 the terms “ATV” and “ROV”; providing an effective 7 date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (8) of section 261.03, 12 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 13 261.03 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 14 (2) “ATV” means any motorized off-highway or all-terrain 15 vehicle 50 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 1,200 16 pounds or less, designed to travel on three or more nonhighway 17 tires, and manufactured for recreational use by one or more 18 personshaving a seat designed to be straddled by the operator19and handlebars for steering control, and intended for use by a20single operator with no passenger. 21 (8) “ROV” means any motorized recreational off-highway 22 vehicle 6564inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 23 2,000 pounds or less, designed to travel on four or more 24 nonhighway tires,having nonstraddle seating and a steering25wheel,and manufactured for recreational use by one or more 26 persons. The term “ROV” does not include a golf cart as defined 27 in ss. 320.01 and 316.003(68)or a low-speed vehicle as defined 28 in s. 320.01. 29 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 316.2074, Florida 30 Statutes, is amended to read: 31 316.2074 All-terrain vehicles.— 32 (2) As used in this section, the term “all-terrain vehicle” 33 means any motorized off-highway vehicle 50 inches or less in 34 width, having a dry weight of 1,200 pounds or less, designed to 35 travel on three or more nonhighway tires, and manufactured for 36 recreational use by one or more personshaving a seat designed37to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering38control, and intended for use by a single operator with no39passenger. For the purposes of this section, “all-terrain 40 vehicle” also includes aany“two-rider ATV” as defined in s. 41 317.0003. 42 Section 3. Subsections (1) and (9) of section 317.0003, 43 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 44 317.0003 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 45 (1) “ATV” means any motorized off-highway or all-terrain 46 vehicle 50 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 1,200 47 pounds or less, designed to travel on three or more nonhighway 48 tires, and manufactured for recreational use by one or more 49 personshaving a seat designed to be straddled by the operator50and handlebars for steering control, and intended for use by a51single operator and with no passenger. 52 (9) “ROV” means any motorized recreational off-highway 53 vehicle 6564inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 54 2,000 pounds or less, designed to travel on four or more 55 nonhighway tires,having nonstraddle seating and a steering56wheel,and manufactured for recreational use by one or more 57 persons. The term “ROV” does not include a golf cart as defined 58 in ss. 320.01 and 316.003(68)or a low-speed vehicle as defined 59 in s. 320.01. 60 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.