Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 506

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Relating to: authorizing posting of speed limits applicable to all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.

County Motor vehicle — Regulation — Speed Municipality Recreation vehicle

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides that a county, city, town, or village (local authority) may post

a speed limit that is applicable only to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility terrain

vehicles (UTVs).

Under current law generally, local authorities must place and maintain

standard signs giving notice of speed limits for vehicles operated on highways under

their jurisdiction. With limited exceptions, local authorities may not modify

statutorily established speed limits.

Under current law, a local authority may designate a highway under its

jurisdiction as an ATV route, subject to the requirement that the authority marks the

route with required signs. Under the bill, if a local authority designates a highway

under its jurisdiction as an ATV route, the local authority may post a speed limit,

applicable only to ATVs and UTVs that is lower than the statutorily established

speed limit for that highway.

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 22, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page