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84.928.1
Statute ID:
15685
Statute Function ID:
33512
All-Terrain Vehicle-Operation on Roads and Rights of Way Prohibited
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Statute Number:
84.928.1
Enactment Date:
Jun 13, 2015
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2015
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
All-Terrain Vehicle-Operation on Roads and Rights of Way Prohibited
Statute ID:
15685
Created:
Jun 19, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jun 19, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended 2015 SS1 c 4 art 4 sect 18; New (k); Petty Only if Certified; Report to DNR.
Summary Text:
All-Terrain Vehicle-Operation on Roads and Rights of Way Prohibited
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/84/928.html
Legislative Session:
2015 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jun 19, 2015
(a) Unless otherwise allowed in sections 84.92 to 84.929 or by local ordinance under paragraph (k), a person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle in this state along or on the roadway, shoulder, or inside bank or slope of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway. (b) A person may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle in the ditch or the outside bank or slope of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway unless prohibited under paragraph(d) or (f). (c) A person may operate a class 1 all-terrain vehicle designed by the manufacturer for off-road use to be driven by a steering wheel and equipped with operator and passenger seat belts and a roll-over protective structure or a class 2 all-terrain vehicle: (1) within the public road right-of-way of a county state-aid or county highway on the right shoulder or the extreme right-hand side of the road and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under the prevailing conditions, unless prohibited under paragraph (d) or (f); (2) on the bank, slope, or ditch of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway but only to access businesses or make trail connections, and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under the prevailing conditions, unless prohibited under paragraph (d) or (f); and (3) on the bank or ditch of a public road right-of-way on a designated class 2 all-terrain vehicle trail. (d) A road authority as defined under section 160.02, subdivision 25, may after a public hearing restrict the use of all-terrain vehicles in the public road right-of-way under its jurisdiction. (e) The restrictions in paragraphs (a), (d), (h), (i), and (j) do not apply to the operation of an all-terrain vehicle on the shoulder, inside bank or slope, ditch, or outside bank or slope of a trunk, interstate, county state-aid, or county highway: (1) that is part of a funded grant-in-aid trail; or (2) when the all-terrain vehicle is owned by or operated under contract with: (i)a road authority as defined under section 160.02, subdivision 25; or (ii) a publicly or privately owned utility or pipeline company, and used for work on utilities or pipelines: (f) The commissioner may limit the use of a right-of-way for a period of time if the commissioner determines that use of the right-of-way causes: (1) degradation of vegetation on adjacent public property; (2) siltation of waters of the state; (3) impairment or enhancement to the act of taking game; or (4) a threat to safety of the right-of-way users or to individuals on adjacent public property. The commissioner must notify the road authority as soon as it is known that a closure will be ordered. The notice must state the reasons and duration of the closure. (g) A person may operate an all-terrain vehicle registered for private use and used for agricultural purposes on a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway in this state if the all-terrain vehicle is operated on the extreme right-hand side of the road, and left turns may be made from any part of the road if it is safe to do so under the prevailing conditions. (h) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway from April 1 to August 1 in the agricultural zone unless the vehicle is being used exclusively as transportation to and from work on agricultural lands. This paragraph does not apply to an agent or employee of a road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, or the Department of Natural Resources when performing or exercising official duties or powers. (i) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle within the public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway between the hours of one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise, except on the right-hand side of the right-of-way and in the same direction as the highway traffic on the nearest lane of the adjacent roadway. (j) A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle at any time within the right-of-way of an interstate highway or freeway within this state. (k) A county, city, or town, acting through its governing body, may by ordinance allow a person to operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road or street under its jurisdiction to access businesses and residences and to make trail connections.