Off-road vehicles registration and trails fees.

WORKING DRAFT
2005
STATE OF WYOMING
05LSO-0403

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0217

Off-road vehicles registration and trails fees.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Watt, Gay and Gilmore

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to off-road recreational vehicles; providing an exemption from trail user registration requirements for certain off-road recreational vehicles as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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707(a) and 31
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1601(a)(i) are amended to read:

31
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2
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707.

Exemptions.

(a)

Off-road recreational vehicles owned or used by a governmental agency are exempt from this article.
Off-road recreational vehicles which have been registered under W.S. 31
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201 and which display current license plates are exempt from this article.

31
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1601.

Operation on highways.

(a)

An off-road recreational vehicle may be operated upon streets, roads or highways within Wyoming subject to the following conditions:

(i)

Off-road recreational vehicles may be operated on main-traveled roadways only upon that portion of a street, road or highway designated open by the state, local or federal agency with jurisdiction over the roadway and designated a Wyoming off-road recreational vehicle trail pursuant to W.S. 31
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701 through 31
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707 by the department of state parks and cultural resources. No portion of a street, road or highway shall be designated as a Wyoming off-road recreational vehicle trail by the department without the consent of the state, local or federal agency with jurisdiction over the roadway. Off-road recreational vehicles operated upon roadways designated as trails shall be subject only to the user registration fee prescribed by W.S. 31
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2
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703
and shall
if the off-road recreational vehicle is
not
be
deemed a motorcycle as defined in W.S. 31
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101(a)(xv)(E)(I) and 31
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102(a)(xxii);

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2005.

(END)

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