SF 546

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/19/2013 08:44am

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; providing for certain all-terrain vehicle registration
and watercraft license exemptions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
84.922, subdivision 1a; 86B.301, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.922, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Exemptions.

All-terrain vehicles exempt from registration are:

(1) vehicles owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the
state, another state, or a political subdivision;

(2) vehicles new text begin that are new text end registered in another state or country deleted text begin that deleted text end new text begin and new text end have not been
in this state for more than 30 consecutive days new text begin or that are registered by an Indian tribal
government to a tribal member and have not been outside the tribal reservation boundary
for more than 30 consecutive days new text end ;

(3) vehicles that:

(i) are owned by a resident of another state or country that does not require
registration of all-terrain vehicles;

(ii) have not been in this state for more than 30 consecutive days; and

(iii) are operated on state and grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a
nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass;

(4) vehicles used exclusively in organized track racing events; and

(5) vehicles that are 25 years old or older and were originally produced as a separate
identifiable make by a manufacturer.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 86B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Exemptions.

A watercraft license is not required for:

(1) a watercraft that is covered by a license or number in full force and effect under
federal law or a federally approved licensing or numbering system of another state, and
has not been within this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include
days that a watercraft is laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior
port or another port in the state;

(2) a watercraft from a country other than the United States that has not been within
this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include days that a watercraft is
laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior port or another port in the state;

(3) a watercraft owned by the United States, an Indian tribal government, a state, or
a political subdivision of a state, except watercraft used for recreational purposes;

(4) a ship's lifeboat;

(5) a watercraft that has been issued a valid marine document by the United States
government;

(6) a duck boat during duck hunting season;

(7) a rice boat during the harvest season;

(8) a seaplane; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(9) a nonmotorized watercraft ten feet in length or less new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (10) a watercraft that is covered by a valid license or number issued by a federally
recognized Indian tribe in the state under a federally approved licensing or numbering
system and that is owned by a member of that tribe new text end .