Introduced Version




SENATE BILL No. 2

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 9-21-1-3.3.

Synopsis: Golf cart usage on roads. Revises provisions governing the use of golf carts on certain roadways.

Effective: July 1, 2010.



Holdman


    January 5, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Transportation & Veterans Affairs.




Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)


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SENATE BILL No. 2


    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-21-1-3.3; (10)IN0002.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-21-1-3.3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.182-2009(ss), SECTION 292, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3.3. (a) A city, county, or a town may adopt by ordinance traffic regulations concerning the use of golf carts on a highway under the jurisdiction of the city, county, or the town. An ordinance adopted under this subsection may not:
        (1) conflict with or duplicate another state law; or
        (2) conflict with a driver's licensing requirement of another provision of the Indiana Code.
    (b) A fine assessed for a violation of a traffic ordinance adopted by a city, county, or a town under this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the city, county, or town.
    (c) A person who violates subsection (a) commits a Class C infraction.
     (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an ordinance adopted by a county under the authority of this section may allow an operator of a golf cart to cross a highway in the state highway system, at

right angles, in order to travel from one (1) highway under the jurisdiction of the county to another highway under the jurisdiction of the county when the operation can be done in safety. The operator shall bring the vehicle to a complete stop before proceeding across the state highway and shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic.
    (d) The violation of an ordinance adopted under the authority of this section by the operator of a golf cart committed on a state highway is considered to be an ordinance violation.