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21.8083.01000
     Sixty-seventh
     Legislative Assembly                     HOUSE BILL NO. 1068
     of North Dakota
     Introduced by
       Transportation Committee
       (At the request of the Parks and Recreation Department)
1    A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 39-29-01 of the North Dakota
2    Century Code, relating to the definition of an off-highway vehicle.
3    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4        SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 39-29-01 of the North Dakota Century
5    Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
6        2.   "Off-highway vehicle" means any motorized vehicle not designed for use on a highway
7             and capable of cross-country travel on land, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other
8             natural terrain. The term includes a motorized vehicle converted to operate on snow.
9             An off-highway vehicle must be classified into one of the following categories:
10            a.     Class I off-highway vehicle is a vehicle that does not qualify as road capable
11                   under chapters 39-21 and 39-27, has a seat or a saddle designed to be straddled
12                   by the operator, and has handlebars for steering control of two wheels.
13            b.     Class II off-highway vehicle is fifty inches [1270.00 millimeters] or less in width,
14                   weighs one thousand two hundred pounds [544.31 kilograms] or less, and travels
15                   on three or more nonhighway tires; or is sixty-five inches [1651 millimeters] or
16                   less in width, weighs two thousand pounds [907.19 kilograms] or less, and travels
17                   on four or more nonhighway tires.
18            c.     Class III off-highway vehicle weighs less than eight thousand pounds
19                   [3628.74 kilograms]; travels on skis, runners, tracks, or four or more tires; has a
20                   seat; has a wheel, handlebars, or t steering for steering control; and is
21                   designated for or capable of cross-country on or over land, water, sand, snow,
22                   ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural terrain, but does not include a vehicle
23                   registered by the department under chapter 39-04 or 39-24.
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Statutes affected: 
INTRODUCED: 39-29-01
Adopted by the House Transportation Committee: 39-24-01
FIRST ENGROSSMENT: 39-24-01, 39-29-01
Enrollment: 39-24-01, 39-29-01
PREFILED: 39-29-01