as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to snowmobiles; prescribing a speed limit for 1.3 snowmobiles in urban districts; authorizing cities to 1.4 establish speed limits greater or less than the 1.5 prescribed speed limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 1.6 1998, section 84.87, subdivision 2. 1.7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 84.87, 1.9 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.10 Subd. 2. [OPERATION GENERALLY.] (a) It shall be unlawful 1.11 for any person to drive or operate any snowmobile in the 1.12 following unsafe or harassing ways: 1.13 (1)at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper1.14under all the surrounding circumstances;1.15(2)in a careless, reckless or negligent manner so as to 1.16 endanger the person or property of another or to cause injury or 1.17 damage thereto; 1.18(3)(2) without a lighted head and taillight when required 1.19 for safety; or 1.20(4)(3) in any tree nursery or planting in a manner which 1.21 damages or destroys growing stock. 1.22 (b) No person may drive or operate any snowmobile: 1.23 (1) at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper 1.24 under all the surrounding circumstances; and 1.25 (2) subject to the provisions of clause (1), in excess of 1.26 30 miles per hour within the limits of a city. 2.1 (c) Notwithstanding subdivision 3, a city may not impose a 2.2 speed limit on snowmobiles within the city's geographic limits 2.3 except as provided in this paragraph. A city may by ordinance 2.4 establish a speed zone on a public trail or highway right-of-way 2.5 in an urban district as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 2.6 59, within the city's geographic limits and prescribe a speed 2.7 limit in that speed zone that is greater or less than the speed 2.8 limit prescribed in paragraph (b), clause (2). A speed limit 2.9 authorized under this paragraph is effective only upon erection 2.10 by the city of signs designating the beginning and end of the 2.11 speed zone.