Bill Text: IN SB0113 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Golf carts in unincorporated areas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-15 - Signed by the Governor [SB0113 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0113-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-21; IC 9-24.
Synopsis: Golf carts in unincorporated areas. Revises provisions
governing the use of golf carts on certain roadways. Provides that an
ordinance authorizing the use of golf carts in a county must: (1) require
that an individual who operates a golf cart in the county hold a driver's
license; (2) provide that a fine assessed for a violation of the ordinance
be deposited in the general fund of the county; (3) provide that a golf
cart may cross a highway only at an intersection at which there is a stop
sign or a traffic control signal for the oncoming traffic; (4) must limit
the use of golf carts on a highway under the jurisdiction of the county
or on a highway in the state highway system to the period from sunrise
to sunset; and (5) must set a limit as to the number of passengers (other
than the operator) that may be permitted on a golf cart. Specifies that
a violation of an ordinance governing the use of a golf cart on a state
highway in a county is considered an ordinance violation (instead of a
Class C infraction).
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security,
Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
January 25, 2012, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(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
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), an ordinance adopted by a county under this section:
(1) 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 safely;
(2) must provide that a golf cart may cross a highway only at
an intersection at which there is a stop sign or a traffic control
signal erected in accordance with IC 9-21-3 for the oncoming
traffic;
(3) must limit the use of golf carts on a highway under the
jurisdiction of the county or on a highway in the state
highway system as set forth in subdivision (1) to the period
from sunrise to sunset; and
(4) must set a limit as to the number of passengers (other than
the operator) that may be permitted on a golf cart.
(d) A violation of an ordinance adopted under subsection (c)
that is committed on a state highway by the operator of a golf cart
is considered to be an ordinance violation.
(1) An electric personal assistive mobility device.
(2) A low speed vehicle.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (b), a golf cart.
(b) An ordinance adopted in accordance with IC 9-21-1-3(a)(14) or IC 9-21-1-3.3(a) may require a golf cart to display a slow moving vehicle emblem in accordance with section 3 of this chapter or a red or amber flashing lamp in accordance with section 4 of this chapter. A fine assessed for a violation of an ordinance under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the city, county, or town.
(1) An individual in the service of the armed forces of the United States while operating an official motor vehicle in that service.
(2) An individual while operating:
(A) a road roller;
(B) road construction or maintenance machinery, except where the road roller or machinery is required to be registered under Indiana law;
(C) a ditch digging apparatus;
(D) a well drilling apparatus;
(E) a concrete mixer; or
(F) a farm tractor, a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(2)), or an implement of agriculture designed to be operated primarily in a farm field or on farm premises;
that is being temporarily drawn, moved, or propelled on a public highway. However, to operate a farm wagon (as defined in IC 9-13-2-60(a)(2)) on a highway, an individual must be at least fifteen (15) years of age.
(3) A nonresident who:
(A) is at least sixteen (16) years and one (1) month of age;
(B) has in the nonresident's immediate possession a valid operator's license that was issued to the nonresident in the nonresident's home state or country; and
(C) is lawfully admitted into the United States;
while operating a motor vehicle in Indiana only as an operator.
(4) A nonresident who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(B) has in the nonresident's immediate possession a valid chauffeur's license that was issued to the nonresident in the nonresident's home state or country; and
(C) is lawfully admitted into the United States;
while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway, either as an operator or a chauffeur.
(5) A nonresident who:
(A) is at least eighteen (18) years of age; and
(B) has in the nonresident's immediate possession a valid license issued by the nonresident's home state for the operation of any motor vehicle upon a public highway when in use as a public passenger carrying vehicle;
while operating a motor vehicle upon a public highway.
(6) An individual who is legally licensed to operate a motor vehicle in the state of the individual's residence and who is employed in Indiana, subject to the restrictions imposed by the state of the individual's residence.
(7) A new resident of Indiana who possesses an unexpired driver's license issued by the resident's former state of residence, for a period of sixty (60) days after becoming a resident of Indiana.
(8) An individual who is an engineer, a conductor, a brakeman, or another member of the crew of a locomotive or a train that is being operated upon rails, including the operation of the locomotive or the train on a crossing over a street or a highway.
An individual described in this subdivision is not required to
display a license to a law enforcement officer in connection with
the operation of a locomotive or a train in Indiana.
(b) An ordinance adopted under IC 9-21-1-3(a)(14) or
IC 9-21-1-3.3(a) must require that an individual who operates a golf
cart in the city, county, or town hold a driver's license.
