Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                         CHAPTER 89-S.F.No. 183 
           An act relating to snowmobiles; authorizing certain 
          operators possessing a motor vehicle operator's 
          license to cross a highway; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1986, section 84.872. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 84.872, is 
amended to read:  
    84.872 [YOUTHFUL SNOWMOBILE OPERATORS; PROHIBITIONS.] 
    Notwithstanding anything in section 84.87 to the contrary, 
no person under 14 years of age shall make a direct crossing of 
a trunk, county state aid, or county highway as the operator of 
a snowmobile, or operate a snowmobile upon a street or highway 
within a municipality.  A person 14 years of age or older, but 
less than 18 years of age, may make a direct crossing of a 
trunk, county state aid, or county highway only if the person 
has in immediate possession a valid snowmobile safety 
certificate issued by the commissioner or a valid motor vehicle 
operator's license issued by the commissioner of public safety 
or the drivers license authority of another state.  No person 
under the age of 14 years shall operate a snowmobile on any 
public land or water under the jurisdiction of the commissioner 
unless accompanied by one of the following listed persons on the 
same or an accompanying snowmobile, or on a device towed by the 
same or an accompanying snowmobile:  the person's parent, legal 
guardian, or other person 18 years of age or older.  However, a 
person 12 years of age or older may operate a snowmobile on 
public lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the 
commissioner if the person has in immediate possession a valid 
snowmobile safety certificate issued by the commissioner.  
    It is unlawful for the owner of a snowmobile to permit the 
snowmobile to be operated contrary to the provisions of this 
section.  
    When the judge of a juvenile court, or any of its duly 
authorized agents, shall determine that any person, while less 
than 18 years of age, has violated the provisions of sections 
84.81 to 84.88, or any other state or local law or ordinance 
regulating the operation of snowmobiles, the judge, or duly 
authorized agent, shall immediately report such determination to 
the commissioner and may recommend the suspension of the 
person's snowmobile safety certificate.  The commissioner is 
hereby authorized to suspend the certificate, without a hearing. 
    Approved May 12, 1987