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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 20 By: Guthrie
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to utility vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
7 2021, Section 11-1116, which relates to self-
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8 updating statutory language; modifying statutory
9 reference; prohibiting certain vehicles exceeding
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10 modifying location for operation of certain vehicles;
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-1116, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 11-1116. A. The self-propelled or motor-driven and
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17 operated vehicles described in this section shall be prohibited from
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18 operating or shall be limited in operation on the streets and
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19 highways of this state.
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20 B. Self-propelled or motor-driven cycles, known and commonly
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21 referred to as "minibikes" and other similar trade names, shall be
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22 prohibited from operating on the streets and highways of this state,
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23 except:
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24 1. When used in a parade; or
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1 2. When registered, as required by subsection E of Section 1151
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2 of this title, and operated in this state by food vendor services
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3 upon streets having a speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour or
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4 less.
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5 All minibikes offered for sale in this state shall bear the
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6 following notice to the customer: "This machine is not manufactured
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7 or sold for operation on the public streets or highways. Since it
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8 is not provided with equipment required by law for street or highway
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9 use, all persons are cautioned that any operation of this vehicle
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10 upon a public street or highway will be in violation of the motor
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11 vehicle laws of this state and will subject the violator to arrest."
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12 C. Golf carts and utility vehicles, as defined by Section 1102
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13 of this title, shall not be operated on the streets and highways of
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14 this state except:
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15 1. Golf carts or utility vehicles owned by the Oklahoma Tourism
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16 and Recreation Department, and operated by employees or agents of
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17 the Department or employees of independent management companies
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18 working on behalf of the Department, may be operated on the streets
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19 and highways of this state during daylight hours or under rules
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20 developed by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Commission, when
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21 the streets and highways are located within the boundaries of a
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22 state park. The Department shall have warning signs placed at the
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23 entrance and other locations at those state parks allowing golf
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24 carts or utility vehicles to be operated on the streets and highways
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1 of this state located within the boundaries of those state parks.
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2 The warning signs shall state that golf carts and utility vehicles
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3 may be operating on streets and highways and that motor vehicle
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4 operators shall take special precautions to be alert for the
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5 presence of golf carts or utility vehicles on the streets and
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6 highways;
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7 2. The municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance
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8 governing the operation of golf carts and/or or utility vehicles on
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9 city streets; provided, such ordinances shall include necessary
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10 vehicle lighting and safety requirements;
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11 3. Golf carts or utility vehicles may operate on state highways
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12 only if making a perpendicular crossing of a state highway located
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13 within the boundaries of a municipality which has adopted an
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14 ordinance governing the operation of golf carts and/or or utility
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15 vehicles;
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16 4. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved
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17 the operation of golf cart and/or or utility vehicle traffic on
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18 roadways within the county, and:
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19 a. the roadway has a posted speed limit of twenty-five
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20 (25) miles per hour or less,
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21 b. the roadway is located in an unincorporated area, and
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22 c. appropriate signage, cautioning motorists of the
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23 possibility of golf cart or utility vehicle traffic,
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24 is erected by the board of county commissioners; or
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1 5. Street-legal utility vehicles that are registered as a motor
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2 vehicle pursuant to subsection B of Section 1 1-171.1 of this act
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3 title may be operated on the streets and highways of this state.
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4 Provided, however, when traveling on U.S. highways, street-legal
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5 utility vehicles shall be restricted to those posted at fifty (50)
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6 miles per hour or less. Street-legal utility vehicles shall not be
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7 operated on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways
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8 or U.S. highways.
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9 D. All-terrain vehicles shall not be operated on the streets
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10 and highways of this state, except:
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11 1. On unpaved roads which are located within the boundaries of
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12 any property of the Forest Service of the United States Department
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13 of Agriculture;
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14 2. On highways if:
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15 a. the vehicle needs to make a direct crossing of the
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16 highway while the vehicle is traveling upon a
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17 regularly traveled trail and needs to continue travel
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18 from one area of the trail to another and, if the
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19 vehicle comes to a complete stop, yields the right-of-
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20 way to all oncoming traffic that constitutes an
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21 immediate hazard, and crosses the highway at an angle
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22 of approximately ninety (90) degrees to the direction
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23 of the street or highway. This exception shall not
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24 apply to divided highways or highways with a posted
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1 speed limit of more than thirty-five (35) miles per
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2 hour in the area of the crossing,
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3 b. the vehicle needs to travel on a highway in order to
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4 cross a railroad track. In that event, the all-
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5 terrain vehicle may travel for not more than three
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6 hundred (300) feet on a highway to cross a railroad
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7 track,
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8 c. the operator of the all-terrain vehicle making the
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9 crossing at a highway has a valid driver license, and
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10 d. the operator of the vehicle makes a crossing on a
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11 highway during daylight hours only;
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12 3. On streets and highways within a municipality if the
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13 municipal governing body has adopted an ordinance governing the
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14 operation of golf carts, utility vehicles or all-terrain vehicles on
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15 streets and highways within the municipality; or
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16 4. On roadways within unincorporated areas of a county if those
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17 roadways are not part of the state highway system or the National
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18 System of Interstate and Defense Highways; provided, however, that
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19 the driver is a licensed driver.
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20 E. Mopeds, as defined by Section 1-133.2 of this title, may be
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23 governing the operation of mopeds on city streets; provided, such
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1 ordinances shall include necessary vehicle lighting and safety
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3 2. The board of county commissioners of a county has approved
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4 the operation of mopeds on roadways within the county, not including
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5 roadways within a municipality.
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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