AB 603

Under current law, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) may be operated on the

roadways of highways and areas adjacent to roadways only in limited circumstances.

These include roadways or sidewalks that have been designated as ATV routes or

trails or roadways that are not seasonally maintained for motor vehicle traffic. Also,

the operation of ATVs on roadways is permissible in order to cross from one side of

a roadway to another or to cross a bridge or culvert and is permissible on a sidewalk

that is designated as an ATV route.

Under this bill, an ATV with a snow plow or similar device may be operated on

a roadway, adjacent to a roadway, or on a public sidewalk from October 1 through

April 30 for the purpose of traveling to a site to remove snow regardless of whether

the area to be traveled is an ATV route or trail if the ATV has certain lighting

equipment and if operation on the roadway or the sidewalk is necessary to travel to

or from a site where the snow removal device will be used. The travel necessary to

or from the site may not exceed two miles. The bill also imposes specific speed limits

on operation of an ATV with a snow removal device depending on its proximity to a

dwelling and whether it is being operated on a roadway or an area adjacent to the

roadway as opposed to a sidewalk.