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84.793.1

Statute ID: 16495

Statute Function ID: 34740

Off Highway Motorcycles - Youthful Operators

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Statute Number:

84.793.1

Enactment Date:

May 30, 2017

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2017

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Off Highway Motorcycles - Youthful Operators

Statute ID:

16495

Created:

Jun 14, 2017 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 14, 2017 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amend 2017 c 93 art 2 sect 5; amendment to (a)

Summary Text:

Off Highway Motorcycles - Youthful Operators

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/84/793.html

Legislative Session:

2017 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 14, 2017

(a) A person six years or older but less than 16 years of age operating an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters must possess a valid off-highway motorcycle safety certificate issued by the commissioner.

(b) Except for operation on public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.795, subdivision 1, a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to operate an off-highway motorcycle along or on a public road right-of-way.

(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;

(2) operate an off-highway motorcycle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or

(3) operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older or participating in an event for which the commissioner has issued a special use permit.

(d) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person less than 16 years of age may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county state-aid, or county highway only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.

(e) A person less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on public road rights-of-way in accordance with section 84.795, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.

(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a nonresident less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters if the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an off-road safety course offered by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation or another state as provided in section 84.791, subdivision 4.