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ORIGINAL Senate
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ENROLLED ACT NO. 13,
SENATE
SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring specified insurance and safety equipment for off-road recreational vehicles when operated on a public road right-of-way, street, road or highway; providing an exception; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 31
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952(e), 31
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953(c), 31
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954(a) and 31
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1601(a)(i), (iv) and by creating a new paragraph (vi) are amended to read:
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952.
Horns and warning devices.
(e)
This section applies to motorcycles, motor
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driven cycles, multipurpose vehicles, mopeds and off
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road recreational vehicles as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(K)(II) that are registered pursuant to W.S. 31
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and off
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road recreational vehicles as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(K) that are operated pursuant to W.S. 31
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1601
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953.
Mufflers.
(c)
This section applies to motorcycles, motor
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driven cycles, multipurpose vehicles, mopeds and off
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road recreational
vehicle
vehicles
as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(K)(II) that
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are
registered pursuant to W.S. 31
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232
and off
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road recreational vehicles as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(K) that are operated pursuant to W.S. 31
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1601
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954.
Mirrors.
(a)
On or before January 1, 1986,
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very motor vehicle including motorcycles, motor
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driven cycles, multipurpose vehicles, mopeds and off
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road recreational vehicles as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(K)(II) that are registered pursuant to W.S. 31
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232
and off
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road recreational vehicles as defined by W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(K) that are operated pursuant to W.S. 31
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shall be equipped with a mirror mounted on the left side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear of the vehicle.
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1601.
Operation on highways.
(a)
An off
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road recreational vehicle may be operated upon any public road rights
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of
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way, streets, roads or highways within Wyoming subject to the following conditions:
(i)
Off
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road recreational vehicles may be operated on main
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traveled roadways only upon that portion of a public road right
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of
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way, street, road or highway designated open by the state, local or federal agency with jurisdiction over the roadway and designated a Wyoming off
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road recreational vehicle trail pursuant to W.S. 31
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701 through 31
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707 by the department of state parks and cultural resources. No portion of a public road right
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of
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way, street, road or highway shall be designated as a Wyoming off
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road recreational vehicle trail by the department without the consent of the state, local or federal agency with jurisdiction over the roadway.
Off
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road recreational vehicles operated upon roadways designated as trails shall be subject
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to the user registration fee prescribed by W.S. 31
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and proof of liability insurance with limits not less than twenty
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five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
and shall not be deemed a motorcycle as defined in W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(E)(I) and 31
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102(a)(xxii). Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to authorize the department to acquire or expand any public road right
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of
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way in order to accommodate the operation of off
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road recreational vehicles;
(iv)
The off
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road recreational vehicle shall be equipped with an adequate braking device that may be operated either by hand or foot
, a horn pursuant to W.S. 31
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952(a), a muffler pursuant to W.S. 31
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953(c) and a mirror pursuant to W.S. 31
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954(a)
; and
(vi)
This section does not apply to off
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road recreational vehicles operated on public road rights
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of
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way, streets or highways for agricultural operations pursuant to W.S. 31
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124(a)(i).
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.
Chief Clerk
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