HB 1353 Summary

• Authorizes counties, cities, and towns to adopt ordinances regulating golf cart use on their highways, with fines deposited into the local general fund.

• Requires golf cart operators to hold a valid driver's license under any ordinance adopted by a county, city, or town.

• Prohibits golf carts from operating on highways with speed limits greater than 35 miles per hour.

• Removes the Class C infraction penalty for golf cart ordinance violations, reclassifying them as ordinance violations instead.

• Effective date: July 1, 2011.