- (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c) or (d), it shall be unlawful for any person to operate an all-terrain vehicle: (1) On any interstate highway, federal highway or state highway; or (2) within the corporate limits of any city unless authorized by such city.
- (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all-terrain vehicles owned and operated by a county noxious weed department, or all-terrain vehicles owned and operated by persons contracting with a county noxious weed department or the Kansas department of transportation may be allowed to operate such all-terrain vehicles upon the right-of-way of any federal highway or state highway for the purpose of eradicating noxious weeds and such all-terrain vehicles may be operated incidentally upon such federal highway or state highway.
- (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), all-terrain vehicles may be operated to cross a federal highway or state highway.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1), persons engaged in agricultural purposes may operate an all-terrain vehicle on a federal highway or state highway under the following conditions:
- (1) The operator of the all-terrain vehicle must be a licensed driver and be operating within the restrictions of the operator's license;
- (2) the federal highway or state highway must have a posted speed limit of 65 miles per hour or less;
- (3) the operator of the all-terrain vehicle must operate the all-terrain vehicle as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, except when making or preparing to make a left turn; and
- (4) the purpose of the trip using the all-terrain vehicle must be for agricultural purposes.
- (e) No all-terrain vehicle shall be operated on any public highway, street or road between sunset and sunrise unless equipped with lights as required by law for motorcycles.
- (f) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
L. 1996, ch. 220, § 2; L. 2007, ch. 140, § 7; L. 2019, ch. 61, § 5; July 1.