Utah Code 41-6a-1510. Golf carts — Operation on highways — Registration, licensing requirements, titling, and taxes

41-6a-1510. Golf carts — Operation on highways — Registration, licensing requirements, titling, and taxes.

(1)

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1510

Bicycle: includes an electric assisted bicycle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
Golf cart: means a device that:

(i)	is designed for transportation by players on a golf course;

(ii)	has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground;

(iii)

has an unladen weight of less than 1,800 pounds;

(iv)	is designed to operate at low speeds; and

(v)

is designed to carry not more than six persons including the driver. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Operate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Operator: means :

(a)

a human driver, as defined in Section 41-26-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102

(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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