2006 Minnesota Statutes

84.81 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of Laws 1967, chapter 876, the terms defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them.
    Subd. 2. Person. "Person" includes an individual, partnership, corporation, the state and its
agencies and subdivisions, and any body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
    Subd. 3. Snowmobile. "Snowmobile" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for travel on
snow or ice steered by skis or runners.
    Subd. 4. Owner. "Owner" means a person, other than a lien holder, having the property in or
title to a snowmobile entitled to the use or possession thereof.
    Subd. 5. Operate. "Operate" means to ride in or on and control the operation of a
snowmobile.
    Subd. 6. Operator. "Operator" means every person who operates or is in actual physical
control of a snowmobile.
    Subd. 7. Register. "Register" means the act of assigning a registration number to a
snowmobile.
    Subd. 8. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources
acting directly or through the commissioner's authorized agent.
    Subd. 9. Roadway. "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
    Subd. 10. Dealer. "Dealer" means a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the
business of selling snowmobiles at wholesale or retail.
    Subd. 11. Manufacturer. "Manufacturer" means a person, partnership, or corporation
engaged in the business of manufacturing snowmobiles.
    Subd. 12. Collector snowmobile. "Collector snowmobile" means a snowmobile that is 25
years old or older, was originally produced as a separate identifiable make by a manufacturer, and
is owned and operated solely as a collector's item.
    Subd. 13. Metal traction device. "Metal traction device" means any metal device or array of
metal devices attached to a snowmobile track to enhance traction that is:
(1) made of metal, except that metal cleats affixed perpendicular to the direction of travel
of a snowmobile track which was manufactured in 1981 or earlier shall not be considered
a metal traction device; or
(2) affixed to a snowmobile track with metal components that extend more than one-fourth
inch from the bottom of the track.
History: 1967 c 876 s 3; 1969 c 695 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1971 c 577 s 1; 1986 c
444; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 5; 1999 c 231 s 86