Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 474
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00396-22                                             2022474__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to recreational off-highway vehicles;
    3         amending ss. 261.03 and 317.0003, F.S.; revising the
    4         definition of the term “ROV” to increase the weight
    5         limit of a specified vehicle; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 261.03, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         261.03 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   13         (8) “ROV” means any motorized recreational off-highway
   14  vehicle 80 inches or less in width which has a dry weight of
   15  3,500 2,500 pounds or less, is designed to travel on four or
   16  more nonhighway tires, and is manufactured for recreational use
   17  by one or more persons. The term does not include a golf cart as
   18  defined in ss. 316.003 and 320.01 or a low-speed vehicle as
   19  defined in s. 320.01.
   20         Section 2. Subsection (9) of section 317.0003, Florida
   21  Statutes, is amended to read:
   22         317.0003 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   23         (9) “ROV” means any motorized recreational off-highway
   24  vehicle 80 inches or less in width which has a dry weight of
   25  3,500 2,500 pounds or less, is designed to travel on four or
   26  more nonhighway tires, and is manufactured for recreational use
   27  by one or more persons. The term does not include a golf cart as
   28  defined in ss. 316.003 and 320.01 or a low-speed vehicle as
   29  defined in s. 320.01.
   30         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.