1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to snowmobiles; prohibiting tampering of off-road recreational vehicle 
1.3 	odometers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 325E.13, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision; 325E.14, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.13, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Off-road recreational vehicle. "Off-road recreational vehicle" means a 
1.9 	snowmobile as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3, and an off-highway vehicle, as 
1.10 	defined in section 84.771.

1.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subdivision 1.Tampering. No person shall knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, 
1.13 	change, set back, disconnect or, with intent to defraud, fail to connect the odometer of any 
1.14 	motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, or cause any of the foregoing to occur to 
1.15 	an odometer of a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, so as to reflect a lower 
1.16 	mileage than has actually been driven by the motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle.

1.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.18 		Subd. 3.Sales and use restrictions. No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or 
1.19 	install on any part of a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, or on any odometer 
1.20 	in a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, any device which that causes the 
1.21 	odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage.

2.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subd. 4.Sales restriction. No person shall sell or offer for sale any motor vehicle 
2.3 	or off-road recreational vehicle with knowledge that the mileage registered on the 
2.4 	odometer has been altered so as to reflect a lower mileage than has actually been driven 
2.5 	by the motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle without disclosing such the fact to 
2.6 	prospective purchasers.

2.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.8 		Subd. 6.Repair or replacement restriction. Nothing in this section shall prevent 
2.9 	the service, repair, or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated 
2.10 	thereon remains the same as before the service, repair, or replacement. Where the 
2.11 	odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before such the service, repair, 
2.12 	or replacement, the odometer shall be adjusted to read zero and a written notice shall be 
2.13 	attached to the left door frame of the motor vehicle by the owner or an agent specifying 
2.14 	the mileage prior to repair or replacement of the odometer and the date on which it was 
2.15 	repaired or replaced. No person shall remove or alter such a notice so affixed.

2.16 	Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.17 	This act is effective July 1, 2013, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.