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2020 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 15 - Special Vehicles
Section 1510 - Golf carts -- Operation on highways -- Registration, licensing requirements, titling, and taxes.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-1510 (2020)
Effective 5/12/2020
41-6a-1510. Golf carts -- Operation on highways -- Registration, licensing requirements, titling, and taxes.
Enacted by Chapter 84, 2020 General Session
41-6a-1510. Golf carts -- Operation on highways -- Registration, licensing requirements, titling, and taxes.
- (1)
- (a) In accordance with this section and Section 10-8-30, a municipality may, by ordinance, allow a person to operate a golf cart on specified highways under the jurisdiction of the municipality.
- (b) A person may not operate a golf cart on a highway unless authorized by the municipality in which the highway is located.
- (c) If a municipality allows the operation of a golf cart on a highway in the municipality's jurisdiction, the municipality shall provide sufficient parameters regarding the operation of a golf cart on a highway to ensure public safety, including specifying:
- (i) on which highways a person may operate a golf cart;
- (ii) who may operate a golf cart on a highway; and
- (iii) hours during which a golf cart may operate on a highway.
- (2) Subject to Subsection (4), a person operating a golf cart has all the rights and is subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the operator of any other vehicle.
- (3) A golf cart is exempt from the requirements of:
- (a) titling, odometer statement, vehicle identification, license plates, and registration under Title 41, Chapter 1a, Motor Vehicle Act;
- (b) the county motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs under Section 41-6a-1642;
- (c) motor vehicle insurance under Title 41, Chapter 12a, Financial Responsibility of Motor Vehicle Owners and Operators Act;
- (d) driver licensing under Title 53, Chapter 3, Uniform Driver License Act; and
- (e) the uniform statewide fee described in Section 59-2-405.2.
- (4) Except as described in Subsections 41-6a-526(2) and (3), a golf cart shall comply with the same requirements as a bicycle for traffic rules under Title 41, Chapter 6a, Traffic Code.
Enacted by Chapter 84, 2020 General Session
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