2005 Minnesota Statutes - 84.79 — Rulemaking; accident report.

     84.79 Rulemaking; accident report. 


    (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. 


    HIST: 1993 c 311 art 1 s 4