2001 Minnesota Statutes

     84.8713 Metal traction device sticker. 

    Subdivision 1.    Sticker required; fee.  (a) An owner 
 of a snowmobile registered in the state may not operate the 
 snowmobile with a track equipped with metal traction devices 
 unless a metal traction device sticker is affixed to the 
 snowmobile.  The commissioner shall issue a metal traction 
 device sticker upon application and payment of a $12 fee.  The 
 sticker is valid for one year following June 30 in the year it 
 is issued.  

    (b) The requirements in paragraph (a) do not apply to 
 snowmobiles owned, leased, or operated by the state or a 
 political subdivision, or to snowmobiles used in an organized 
 race, so long as they do not utilize a paved public trail, 
 except as otherwise provided in this chapter. 

    (c) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in 
 the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and 
 enforcement account in the natural resources fund.  Money 
 deposited under this section is appropriated to the commissioner 
 of natural resources, and must be used for repair of paved 
 public trails, unless a trail is exempted by local authorities 
 under section 84.8712, except that any money not necessary for 
 this purpose may be used for the grant-in-aid snowmobile trail 
 system. 

    (d) This section shall be enforced under section 84.8712. 

    Subd. 2.    Placement of sticker.  The metal traction 
 device sticker must be permanently affixed to the forward half 
 of the snowmobile and clearly visible to law enforcement 
 authorities. 

    Subd. 3.    License agents.  The commissioner shall sell 
 metal traction device stickers for a $1 issuance fee through the 
 process established under section 84.82, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 4.    Duplicate metal traction device stickers.  
 The commissioner or an authorized deputy registrar of motor 
 vehicles shall issue a duplicate metal traction device sticker 
 to a person whose sticker is lost or destroyed.  A duplicate 
 sticker may not be issued unless the applicant takes an oath 
 covering the facts of loss or destruction of the sticker and 
 signs an affidavit.  The fee for a duplicate metal traction 
 device sticker is $2, with an issuing fee of 50 cents. 

    Subd. 5.    Repealer.  This section is repealed on July 
 1, 2004. 

    HIST: 1999 c 231 s 94; 2000 c 324 s 5