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03.20.2019 The Senate Transportation Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment restricts nighttime golf cart use to golf carts with lights in cities and towns with fewer than 20,000 residents, for use only on city or county-owned roads with a speed limit of 25 mph or less and for no more than one hour after sunset.
03.20.2019 A Senate Transportation subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows a municipality to adopt an ordinance that allows for the operation of golf carts that have working headlights and rear lights during non-daylight hours.

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S 0666 General Bill, By Climer
Similar (H 3945)
Summary: Golf carts
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-2-105 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES' ISSUANCE OF GOLF CART PERMITS AND THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ALONG THE STATE'S HIGHWAYS, TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH WORKING HEADLIGHTS AND REAR LIGHTS DURING NON-DAYLIGHT HOURS.
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03/14/19	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
03/14/19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 6)
03/26/19	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Transportation (Senate Journal-page 13)
04/02/19	Senate	Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted (Senate Journal-page 30)
04/02/19	Senate	Read second time (Senate Journal-page 30)
04/02/19	Senate	Roll call Ayes-36 Nays-4 (Senate Journal-page 30)
04/03/19		Scrivener's error corrected
04/09/19	Senate	Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 23)
04/09/19	House	Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 172)
04/09/19	House	Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 172)