AB 1835, as amended, Olsen. Recreational off-highway vehicles: helmets: exemption.
Existing law prohibits a person from operating, or allowing a passenger in, a recreational off-highway vehicle unless the person and the passenger are wearing safety helmets, as specified.
This bill wouldbegin delete exempt an operator or passenger of a recreational off-highway vehicle from the requirement to wear a safety helmet if the person is 18 years of age or older, the recreational off-highway vehicle has been equipped with a rollbar by the manufacturer, the person is seated in a seat that has been installed by the manufacturer, and the person is wearing a seat belt.end deletebegin insert instead prohibit the above-described activities only on public lands.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 38601 of the Vehicle Code is amended
2to read:
begin delete(a)end deletebegin delete end deletebegin deleteExcept as provided in subdivision (b), a end deletebegin insertA end insertperson
2shall not operate, or allow a passenger in, a recreational
3off-highway vehiclebegin insert on public landsend insert unless the person and the
4passenger are wearing safety helmets meeting the requirements
5established for motorcycles and motorized bicycles pursuant to
6Section 27802.
7(b) An operator or passenger of a recreational off-highway
8vehicle is not required to wear a safety helmet pursuant to
9subdivision (a) if all of the following apply:
10(1) The person is 18 years of age or older.
11(2) The recreational off-highway vehicle has been equipped
12with a rollbar by the manufacturer.
13(3) The person is seated in a seat that has been installed by the
14manufacturer for the purpose of seating the operator or passenger
15of the recreational
off-highway vehicle.
16(4) The person is wearing a seat belt.
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