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84.79

Statute ID: 12664

Statute Function ID: 27825

Off highway motorcycle - rule making; accident report - fail to file accident report

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Statute Number:

84.79

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

May 21, 1993

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Off highway motorcycle - rule making; accident report - fail to file accident report

Statute ID:

12664

Created:

Dec 31, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Dec 31, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

1993 c 311 art 1 s 4 ; misdemeanor

Summary Text:

Off highway motorcycle - rule making; accident report - fail to file accident report

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/84/79.html

Legislative Session:

1993 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Dec 31, 2008

(a) With a view of achieving proper use of off-highway motorcycles consistent with protection of the environment, the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioners of public safety and transportation, shall adopt rules under chapter 14 relating to:

(1) registration of off-highway motorcycles and display of registration numbers;

(2) use of off-highway motorcycles insofar as game and fish resources are affected;

(3) use of off-highway motorcycles on public lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the commissioner;

(4) uniform signs to be used by the state, counties, and cities necessary or desirable to control, direct, or regulate the operation and use of off-highway motorcycles; and

(5) off-highway motorcycle sound levels.

(b) The commissioner of public safety, in consultation with the commissioners of natural resources and transportation, may adopt rules under chapter 14 regulating the use of off-highway motorcycles on public roads.

(c) The operator and an officer investigating an accident of an off-highway motorcycle resulting in injury requiring medical attention or hospitalization to or death of a person or total damage to an extent of $500 or more shall forward within ten days a written report of the accident to the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner.