2005 Minnesota Statutes - 84.924 — Rulemaking; accident report.

     84.924 Rulemaking; accident report. 


    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner of natural resources.  
 With a view of achieving proper use of all-terrain vehicles 
 consistent with protection of the environment, the commissioner 
 of natural resources shall adopt rules under chapter 14 relating 
 to: 


    (1) registration of all-terrain vehicles and display of 
 registration numbers; 


    (2) use of all-terrain vehicles insofar as game and fish 
 resources are affected; 


    (3) use of all-terrain vehicles on public lands and waters; 


    (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 all-terrain vehicles; and 


    (5) specifications relating to all-terrain vehicle mufflers.


    Subd. 2.    Commissioner of public safety.  The 
 commissioner of public safety may adopt rules under chapter 14 
 regulating the use of all-terrain vehicles on streets and 
 highways. 


    Subd. 3.    Accident report; requirement and form.  The 
 operator and an officer investigating an accident of an 
 all-terrain vehicle involved in an accident 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 within 
 ten business days forward a written report of the accident to 
 the commissioner of natural resources on a form prescribed by 
 either the commissioner of natural resources or by the 
 commissioner of public safety.  If the operator is killed or is 
 unable to file a report due to incapacitation, any peace officer 
 investigating the accident shall file the accident report within 
 ten business days.  Periodically, the commissioner of natural 
 resources must transmit a summary of the accident reports to the 
 commissioner of public safety. 


    HIST: 1986 c 452 s 10; 1989 c 331 s 13; 1993 c 184 s 3,4; 1994 
 c 615 s 4