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AR Code § 27-21-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-101. Purpose

 It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to regulate the use of recreational all-terrain vehicles by restricting their use on the public streets and highways of this state. This law seeks to ensure the safety and general welfare of the citizens of Arkansas by limiting the situations where all-terrain vehicles are permitted to be used in a dangerous and unsafe fashion.
AR Code § 27-21-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1)  (A) “All-terrain vehicle” means a vehicle that:  (i) Has three (3), four (4), or six (6) wheels;  (ii) Is fifty inches (50") or less in width;  (iii) Is equipped with nonhighway tires;  (iv) Is designed primarily for off-road recreational use; and  (v) Has an engine displacement of no more than one thousand cubic centimeters (1,000 cc).    (B) “All-terrain vehicle” includes a recreational off-highway vehicle.  (C) “All-terrain vehicle” does not include a golf cart, riding lawnmower, or lawn or garden tractor;    (2) “Nonhighway tire” means a pneumatic tire:  (A) Six inches (6") or more in width;  (B) Designed for use on a wheel with a rim diameter of fourteen inches (14") or less; and  (C) That uses an operating pressure of twenty pounds per square inch (20 psi) or less as recommended by the vehicle manufacturer;    (3) “Public streets and highways” means the part of the street, road, or highway, including the improved road shoulder, that is open to vehicular traffic and that is maintained by the state or by a political subdivision of the State of Arkansas and includes any federal highways; and  (4)  (A) “Recreational off-highway vehicle” means a vehicle that:  (i) Has four (4) or six (6) wheels;  (ii) Is seventy-five inches (75") or less in width;  (iii) Is equipped with nonhighway tires;  (iv) Is designed primarily for off-road recreational use; and  (v) Has an engine displacement of no more than one thousand cubic centimeters (1,000 cc).    (B) “Recreational off-highway vehicle” includes a:  (i) Multipurpose off-highway utility vehicle; and  (ii) Utility task vehicle.    (C) “Recreational off-highway vehicle” does not include a golf cart, riding lawnmower, or lawn or garden tractor.
AR Code § 27-21-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-103. Construction

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an all-terrain vehicle to be registered as a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle for operation on the public streets and highways.
AR Code § 27-21-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-104. Penalty

 Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty (30) days, or shall be both fined and imprisoned.
AR Code § 27-21-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-105. Enforcement

 The officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture shall have no authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 27-21-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-107. Operation by minors — Manner of operation

 (a)  (1) A person twelve (12) years of age or older shall be entitled to operate an all-terrain vehicle in this state if the use is in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter.  (2) A person less than twelve (12) years of age shall be entitled to operate an all-terrain vehicle in this state only if he or she is under the direct supervision of a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age or if he or she is on land owned by, leased, rented, or under the direct control of his or her parent or legal guardian, or if he or she is on land with the permission of the owner.    (b) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle in this state:  (1) At a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper under the conditions then existing; and  (2) During the hours from one-half (½) hour after sunset to one-half (½) hour before sunrise without displaying a lighted headlight and a lighted taillight.
AR Code § 27-21-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-108. Equipment

 (a) Every all-terrain vehicle operated in this state shall be equipped with an adequate muffler system in good working condition. Every all-terrain vehicle operated in this state shall be equipped with a United States Forest Service-qualified spark arrester.  (b) No person shall:  (1) Equip the exhaust system of an all-terrain vehicle with a cutout, bypass, or similar device;  (2) Operate an all-terrain vehicle with an exhaust system equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device; or  (3) Operate an all-terrain vehicle with the spark arrester removed or modified except for use in closed-course competition events.
AR Code § 27-21-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-109. Defenses to prosecution — Definition

 (a) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this chapter that the driver or operator possesses a valid driver's license or motorcycle operator's license.  (b) It is a defense to prosecution under § 27-21-106 for a violation of operating an all-terrain vehicle upon a public street or highway if the all-terrain vehicle operator can show by a preponderance of the evidence that:  (1) The public street or highway was outside the city limits of any municipality or incorporated town in Arkansas;  (2) The public street or highway was not an interstate highway;  (3) Traveling on the public street or highway was the most reasonable route of access available to him or her from:  (A) One off-road trail to another off-road trail; or  (B) His or her private property to an off-road trail; and    (4) His or her purpose for riding on the public street or highway was to get from:  (A) One off-road trail to another off-road trail; or  (B) His or her private property to an off-road trail.      (c) As used in this section, “his or her private property” means real property that an operator of an all-terrain vehicle:  (1) Owns;  (2) Leases;  (3) Resides at with the owner or lessee of the real property; or  (4) Is staying at for a specific period of time as an invitee, including without limitation a:  (A) Vacation resort;  (B) Rental cabin;  (C) Deeded timeshare; or  (D) Right-to-use timeshare.
AR Code § 27-21-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 2 - Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing|Chapter 21 - All-Terrain Vehicles|§ 27-21-110. Liability for all-terrain vehicle use on private property — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “All-terrain vehicle use” means riding an all-terrain vehicle on a road, trail, path, or other surface on private property;  (2) “Inherent risk of all-terrain vehicle use” means the dangers or conditions that are an integral part of all-terrain vehicle use on roads, trails, paths, or other surfaces, including without limitation:  (A) Injury or death caused by:  (i) A change or variation in the surface that may cause a participant to lose control, lose his or her balance, or crash the all-terrain vehicle; or  (ii) A collision with a natural or man-made object;    (B) Operator error, including equipment failure due to operator error;  (C) Attack or injury by an animal; and  (D) The aggravation of an injury, illness, or condition because the injury, illness, or condition occurred in a remote place where medical facilities are not available;    (3) “Owner of private property” means an individual, group, club, partnership, corporation, or business entity, whether or not operating for profit, or an employee or organized agent, that sponsors, organizes, rents, or provides to a participant the use of private property for all-terrain vehicle use; and  (4) “Participant” means an individual who rents, leases, or uses an all-terrain vehicle on private property whether or not a fee is paid.    (b)  (1)  (A) A participant assumes the inherent risk of all-terrain vehicle use by engaging in all-terrain vehicle use on private property.  (B) A participant or his or her representative shall not have a claim against, maintain an action against, or recover from an owner of private property for loss, damage, or injury to, or the death of, the participant resulting from the inherent risk of all-terrain vehicle use.    (2) An owner of private property is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risk of all-terrain vehicle use.    (c) This section does not:  (1) Apply to a relationship between an employer and employee under the Workers' Compensation Law, § 11-9-101 et seq.; or  (2) Prevent or limit the liability of an owner of private property that:  (A) Intentionally injures a participant;  (B) Commits an act or omission of gross negligence concerning the safety of a participant that proximately causes injury to or the death of the participant;  (C) Provides an unsafe all-terrain vehicle to a participant and knew or should have known that the all-terrain vehicle was unsafe to the extent that it could cause an injury;  (D) Fails to use the degree of care that an ordinarily careful and prudent person would use under the same or similar circumstances; or  (E) Commits other acts, errors, or omissions that constitute willful or wanton misconduct, gross negligence, or criminal conduct that proximately causes injury, damage, or death.
AR Code § 27-33-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-102. Executive head defined

 The term “executive head” as used in Article IX(b) of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact shall, with reference to this state, mean the Governor.
AR Code § 27-33-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-103. Legislative findings

 The General Assembly finds that:   (1) The public safety necessitates the continuous development, modernization, and implementation of standards and requirements of law relating to vehicle equipment, in accordance with expert knowledge and opinion;  (2) The public safety further requires that these standards and requirements be uniform from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, except to the extent that specific and compelling evidence supports variation; and  (3) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles acting upon recommendations of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission and pursuant to the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact, provides a just, equitable, and orderly means of promoting the public safety in the manner and within the scope contemplated by this chapter.
AR Code § 27-33-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-104. Compact commissioner — Alternate

 (a) The commissioner of this state on the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission shall be the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles who shall serve during his or her continuance as commissioner.  (b)  (1) The commissioner of this state appointed pursuant to this section may designate an alternate from among the officers and employees of his or her agency to serve in his or her place and stead on the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission.  (2) Subject to the provisions of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact and bylaws of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission, the authority and responsibilities of the alternate shall be as determined by the commissioner designating the alternate.
AR Code § 27-33-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-105. Cooperation by state entities

 (a) Within appropriations available therefor, the departments, agencies, and officers of the government of this state may cooperate with and assist the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission within the scope contemplated by Article III(h) of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact.  (b) The departments, agencies, and officers of the government of this state are authorized generally to cooperate with the commission.
AR Code § 27-33-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-106. Submission of budget

 Pursuant to Article VI(a) of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact, the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission shall submit its budgets to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
AR Code § 27-33-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-107. Inspection of accounts

 Pursuant to Article VI(e) of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact, the Division of Legislative Audit is empowered and authorized to inspect the accounts of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission.
AR Code § 27-33-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-108. Filing of documents — Notices

 (a) Filing of documents as required by Article III(j) of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact shall be with the Secretary of State.  (b) Any and all notices required by commission bylaws to be given pursuant to Article III (j) of the compact shall be given to the commissioner of this state.
AR Code § 27-33-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 33 - Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact|§ 27-33-109. Approval required for rules and regulations

 Pursuant to Article V(e) of the Vehicle Equipment Safety Compact, it is the intention of this state, and it is provided that no rule, regulation, or code issued by the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission in accordance with Article V of the compact shall take effect until approved by an act of the General Assembly.
AR Code § 27-34-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known as the “Child Passenger Protection Act”.
AR Code § 27-34-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-102. Legislative intent

 It is the legislative intent that all state, university, county, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as all physicians and hospitals, in recognition of the problems, including death and serious injury, associated with unrestrained children in motor vehicles, conduct a continuing safety and public awareness campaign so as to encourage and promote the use of child passenger safety seats.
AR Code § 27-34-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-103. Penalty

 (a) Any person who violates this chapter shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (b) In determining the amount of fine to be assessed under this section, any court hearing the matter shall consider whether, if the offense is for failure to secure the child in a child passenger safety seat properly secured to the vehicle, the child was restrained by some alternative means such as seat safety belts properly secured to the vehicle.  (c) Upon satisfactory proof being presented to the court that the defendant has acquired, purchased, or rented an approved child passenger safety seat as described in § 27-34-104, the court shall assess no more than the minimum fine allowed.
AR Code § 27-34-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-104. Requirements

 (a) While operating a motor vehicle on a public road, street, or highway of this state, a driver who transports a child under fifteen (15) years of age in a passenger automobile, van, or pickup truck, other than one operated for hire, shall provide for the protection of the child by properly placing, maintaining, and securing the child in a child passenger restraint system properly secured to the vehicle and meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards in effect on January 1, 1995.  (b) A child who is less than six (6) years of age and who weighs less than sixty pounds (60 lbs.) shall be restrained in a child passenger safety seat properly secured to the vehicle.  (c) If a child is at least six (6) years of age or at least sixty pounds (60 lbs.) in weight, a safety belt properly secured to the vehicle shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of this section.
AR Code § 27-34-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-105. Exceptions to provisions

 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply when any one (1) of the following conditions exists:   (1) The motor vehicle is being used as an ambulance or other emergency vehicle;  (2) When an emergency exists that threatens:  (A) The life of any person operating a motor vehicle to whom this section otherwise would apply; or  (B) The life of any child who otherwise would be required to be restrained under this chapter; or    (3) If any child who would otherwise be required to be restrained under this chapter is physically unable because of medical reasons to use a child passenger safety seat system or seat safety belt and the medical reasons are certified by a physician who states the nature of the medical conditions as well as the reason the use of a child passenger safety seat system or seat safety belt is inappropriate.
AR Code § 27-34-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-106. Effect of noncompliance

 (a) The failure to provide or use a child passenger safety seat shall not be considered, under any circumstances, as evidence of comparative or contributory negligence, nor shall failure be admissible as evidence in the trial of any civil action with regard to negligence.  (b) Neither shall the failure to provide or use a child passenger safety seat be considered, under any circumstances, as evidence in any prosecution for negligent homicide.
AR Code § 27-34-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-107. Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund

 (a)  (1) A special revenue fund is created which shall be known as the “Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund”.  (2) The Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund shall consist of:  (A) Seventy-five percent (75%) of all fines that are collected for violations of this chapter, which shall be remitted by the tenth day of each month to the Administration of Justice Funds Section of the Office of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration on a form provided by that office, to be deposited into the Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund; and  (B) Other moneys that may be appropriated, allocated, or donated for the purpose of being placed in the Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund.      (b)  (1) The Arkansas Highway Safety Program shall earmark at least fifty percent (50%) of the annual expenditures from the Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund for the purchase of child passenger safety seats.  (2) If annual funds generated by the Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund support the expenditure and if the needs of the program justify the expenditure, the program shall maintain an annual expenditure of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for child passenger safety seats.  (3) The child passenger safety seats purchased by the program shall be loaned or rented to hospitals or other groups or individuals, who may lend or rent the child passenger safety seats to others for the purpose of transporting children.    (c) After the expenditures described in subsection (b) of this section, the program shall earmark the balance of moneys in the Arkansas Child Passenger Protection Fund:  (1) To conduct continuing education and public awareness concerning child passenger safety;  (2) To encourage and promote proper use of child safety seats and safety belts; and  (3) For highway safety planning and administration.
AR Code § 27-34-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 3 - Motor Vehicles And Their Equipment|Chapter 34 - Child Passenger Protection Act|§ 27-34-108. Public safety fund — Creation

 (a) A town or city that collects fines pursuant to this subchapter shall retain twenty-five percent (25%) of the fines collected and deposit them into a fund called the public safety fund, to be used solely for the promotion of public safety.  (b) A district court that is funded solely by the county and collects fines pursuant to this chapter shall retain twenty-five percent (25%) of the fines collected and deposit them into the fund, to be used solely for the promotion of public safety.
AR Code § 27-65-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 65 - Arkansas Department of Transportation — State Highway Commission|§ 27-65-101. Penalties

 (a)  (1) Any person under color of any official position connected with the State Highway Commission or under color of authority derived therefrom who shall perform any act detrimental to the public interest or against any private right shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the act shall be plainly authorized by law.  (2) Every such offense shall be punished by fine of not over five hundred dollars ($500) and by imprisonment for not over six (6) months.    (b) Any offense prohibited by this act and termed a felony shall be punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years.
AR Code § 27-65-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 65 - Arkansas Department of Transportation — State Highway Commission|§ 27-65-102. Administration of department

 The administrative control of the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall be vested in the State Highway Commission.
AR Code § 27-65-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 27 - Transportation|Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets|Chapter 65 - Arkansas Department of Transportation — State Highway Commission|§ 27-65-103. Office locations

 (a) The main office of the State Highway Commission shall be located in the City of Little Rock.  (b) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall have its office in Little Rock, where complete records shall be kept.