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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: S3/10/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 261
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5 By: Senator A. Clark
6 By: Representative Womack
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF
10 AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ON CERTAIN ROADS; TO AMEND THE
11 LAW CONCERNING THE ACCESS OF ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES TO
12 UNPAVED ROADS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE
17 OPERATION OF AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ON
18 CERTAIN ROADS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW
19 CONCERNING THE ACCESS OF ALL-TERRAIN
20 VEHICLES TO UNPAVED ROADS.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 27-21-102, concerning the definitions to be
25 used in relation to all-terrain vehicles, is amended to add an additional
26 subdivision to read as follows:
27 (5)(A) "Unpaved road" means a public street or highway that is
28 not paved with asphalt, chip-seal, concrete, brick, or stone.
29 (B) "Unpaved road" includes without limitation a road
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31 (i) Dirt; or
32 (ii) Gravel.
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34 SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 27-21-106(a)(1), concerning the operation
35 of all-terrain vehicles on public streets and highways, is amended to read as
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1 (1) A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public
2 street or highway if the all-terrain vehicle is:
3 (A) Both:
4 (i) Used in farming or hunting operations; and
5 (B)(ii) Operated on a public street or highway in
6 order to get from one field to another; or
7 (B) Operated:
8 (i) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this
9 section, on a public street or highway that is unpaved; and
10 (ii) By a person who:
11 (a) Is a:
12 (1) Resident of this state who has a
13 valid commercial driver license or noncommercial driver's license issued by
14 this state in his or her immediate possession as required under � 27-16-601;
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16 (2) Nonresident who is subject to the
17 exemption from the licensing requirements of this state under � 27-16-603(3)
18 or (4); and
19 (b) Maintains liability insurance on the all-
20 terrain vehicle that provides at a minimum the following coverage:
21 (i) Not less than twenty-five thousand
22 dollars ($25,000) for bodily injury or death of one (1) person in any one (1)
23 accident; and
24 (ii) If the accident results in damage
25 to or destruction of property, not less than twenty-five thousand dollars
26 ($25,000) for the damage to or destruction of property of others in any one
27 (1) accident.
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29 SECTION 3. Arkansas Code � 27-21-106(a)(3)(A), concerning the
30 operation of an all-terrain vehicle on public streets and highways, is
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32 (3)(A) A person who has lost one (1) or both legs above the
33 ankle or who otherwise has a serious walking disability is permitted to
34 operate a three-wheeled, four-wheeled, or six-wheeled all-terrain vehicle as
35 a means of transportation on any of the following:
36 (i) A nonhard-surfaced An unpaved road;
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1 (ii) The shoulder of a state or federal highway,
2 except as provided under subdivision (a)(3)(E) of this section; or
3 (iii) A public street or road when traveling on the
4 public street or road is the most reasonable route of access available to him
5 or her from one off-road trail to another off-road trail or from his or her
6 private property to an off-road trail.
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8 SECTION 4. Arkansas Code � 27-21-106, concerning the operation
9 of an all-terrain vehicle on public streets and highways, is amended to add
10 an additional subsection to read as follows:
11 (c) The quorum court of a county may adopt an ordinance to prohibit
12 the operation of an all-terrain vehicle under subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this
13 section on unpaved roads located in the county by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of
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