Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1024
       
       
        
       By Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       
       5-01109-14                                            20141024__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to off-highway vehicles; amending s.
    3         261.03, F.S.; revising the terms “ATV” and “ROV”;
    4         amending s. 316.2074, F.S.; revising the term “all
    5         terrain vehicle”; amending s. 317.0003, F.S.; revising
    6         the terms “ATV” and “ROV”; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Subsections (2) and (8) of section 261.03,
   12  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         261.03 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   14         (2) “ATV” means any motorized off-highway or all-terrain
   15  vehicle 50 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 1,200
   16  pounds or less, designed to travel on three or more nonhighway
   17  tires, and manufactured for recreational use by one or more
   18  persons having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator
   19  and handlebars for steering control, and intended for use by a
   20  single operator with no passenger.
   21         (8) “ROV” means any motorized recreational off-highway
   22  vehicle 65 64 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of
   23  2,000 pounds or less, designed to travel on four or more
   24  nonhighway tires, having nonstraddle seating and a steering
   25  wheel, and manufactured for recreational use by one or more
   26  persons. The term “ROV” does not include a golf cart as defined
   27  in ss. 320.01 and 316.003(68) or a low-speed vehicle as defined
   28  in s. 320.01.
   29         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 316.2074, Florida
   30  Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         316.2074 All-terrain vehicles.—
   32         (2) As used in this section, the term “all-terrain vehicle”
   33  means any motorized off-highway vehicle 50 inches or less in
   34  width, having a dry weight of 1,200 pounds or less, designed to
   35  travel on three or more nonhighway tires, and manufactured for
   36  recreational use by one or more persons having a seat designed
   37  to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering
   38  control, and intended for use by a single operator with no
   39  passenger. For the purposes of this section, “all-terrain
   40  vehicle” also includes a any “two-rider ATV” as defined in s.
   41  317.0003.
   42         Section 3. Subsections (1) and (9) of section 317.0003,
   43  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   44         317.0003 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   45         (1) “ATV” means any motorized off-highway or all-terrain
   46  vehicle 50 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of 1,200
   47  pounds or less, designed to travel on three or more nonhighway
   48  tires, and manufactured for recreational use by one or more
   49  persons having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator
   50  and handlebars for steering control, and intended for use by a
   51  single operator and with no passenger.
   52         (9) “ROV” means any motorized recreational off-highway
   53  vehicle 65 64 inches or less in width, having a dry weight of
   54  2,000 pounds or less, designed to travel on four or more
   55  nonhighway tires, having nonstraddle seating and a steering
   56  wheel, and manufactured for recreational use by one or more
   57  persons. The term “ROV” does not include a golf cart as defined
   58  in ss. 320.01 and 316.003(68) or a low-speed vehicle as defined
   59  in s. 320.01.
   60         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.