HF 2485

1st Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to recreational vehicles; requiring that new 
  1.3             snowmobiles be equipped with auxiliary light power and 
  1.4             switches; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 
  1.5             84.821, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.821, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [AUXILIARY LIGHT POWER; LIGHT SWITCH.] All 
  1.10  snowmobiles made after June 30, 1999, and sold in Minnesota 
  1.11  after June 30, 1999, shall be designed and made to provide an 
  1.12  auxiliary electrical system or other auxiliary power that allows 
  1.13  the lights to remain on when the snowmobile engine stops 
  1.14  running.  Each snowmobile shall be equipped with a switch, 
  1.15  separate from the main electrical system, that disengages the 
  1.16  auxiliary power and turns the lights off.