HF 3479

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; requiring new 
  1.3             snowmobiles to have auxiliary hazard lighting systems; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.821, by 
  1.5             adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.821, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [AUXILIARY LIGHTING SYSTEM.] All snowmobiles 
  1.10  manufactured after June 30, 2002, and sold in the state after 
  1.11  December 31, 2002, shall be designed and made to provide for a 
  1.12  secondary or auxiliary hazard lighting system.  The lighting 
  1.13  system must: 
  1.14     (1) have an energy source separate from the main energy 
  1.15  source that: 
  1.16     (i) runs the system for a minimum of 40 hours at zero 
  1.17  degrees Fahrenheit; and 
  1.18     (ii) functions in temperatures of 30 degrees below zero 
  1.19  Fahrenheit or colder; 
  1.20     (2) have an on/off switch that is separate from the main 
  1.21  electrical system; 
  1.22     (3) emit yellow lighting from the front of the snowmobile 
  1.23  and red lighting from the rear; 
  1.24     (4) have a flashing display; and 
  1.25     (5) be visible, in unobstructed darkness, from at least 
  2.1   one-half mile distant from the front and rear of the snowmobile.