HB0169 - Off-road recreational vehicles.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0299.E1 ENGROSSED

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0169

 

 

Off-road recreational vehicles.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Wostenberg, Childers,
Huckfeldt, Law, Miller, D. and Jones and
Senator(s) Geis, Kinnison, Peck and
Youngbauer

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to off-road recreational vehicles; defining
 2  off-road recreational vehicle; requiring registration
 3  decals for off-road recreational vehicles used on Wyoming
 4  trails as specified; imposing a penalty; establishing fees;
 5  providing procedures for registration, collection and
 6  distribution of fees; assigning duties to the department of
 7  state parks and cultural resources; establishing a special
 8  enterprise fund account and specifying uses of user
 9  registration fee collections; providing exemptions; and
10  providing for an effective date.

11 

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

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14         Section 1.  W.S. 31-2-701 through 31-2-707 are created
15  to read:

 

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 2                         ARTICLE 7

 3              OFF-ROAD RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

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 5         31-2-701.  "Off-road recreational vehicle" defined.

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 7  As used in this article, "off-road recreational vehicle"
 8  means as defined in W.S. 31-1-101(a)(xv)(K).

 9 

10         31-2-702.  Registration selling agents; application
11  for trail user registration decal; affidavit required if
12  vehicle serial number not visible; penalty.

13 

14         (a)  The department of state parks and cultural
15  resources through the division of state parks and historic
16  sites, shall in accordance with W.S. 36-4-123, appoint
17  agents to sell off-road recreational vehicle trail user
18  registration decals. Each selling agent shall retain one
19  dollar ($1.00) for each trail user registration decal sold.
20  Designated department employees may sell trail registration
21  user decals under this article and if decals are sold, the
22  employee shall not receive any commission on user
23  registration fees collected under this article.

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 1         (b)  Beginning January 1, 2002, each owner of an off-
 2  road recreational vehicle shall for each vehicle used on
 3  Wyoming off-road recreational vehicle trails as established
 4  and administered by the department, annually file in
 5  writing and in duplicate with any designated registration
 6  selling agent, an application for trail user registration
 7  of the off-road recreational vehicle. The application shall
 8  state the name and address of the owner, the name of the
 9  applicant and the make, model and identifying serial number
10  of the off-road recreational vehicle. If the vehicle
11  identifying serial number is not legible or visible, the
12  applicant shall upon a form provided by the department,
13  provide proof of ownership by affidavit certified in
14  writing. Any person knowingly presenting a false or
15  fraudulent statement under this subsection is subject to
16  the penalties provided by W.S. 6-5-303.

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18         (c)  Any person who knowingly operates an off-road
19  recreational vehicle on any Wyoming off-road recreational
20  vehicle trail without a decal required under this article
21  is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be
22  fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).

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 1         31-2-703.  Required user registration fee; disposition
 2  of fees; duties of department of state parks and cultural
 3  resources.

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 5         (a)  The owner of an off-road recreational vehicle
 6  which will be operated on Wyoming off-road recreational
 7  vehicle trails shall, upon filing of an application, pay to
 8  the registration selling agent an annual user registration
 9  fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00).

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11         (b)  The registration selling agent shall forward to
12  the department of state parks and cultural resources the
13  original copy of the user registration application together
14  with fourteen dollars ($14.00) collected under subsection
15  (a) of this section.

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17         (c)  There is created an off-road recreational vehicle
18  trails account within the enterprise fund. The fees
19  received by the department of state parks and cultural
20  resources under this article shall be deposited into the
21  account created by this subsection and shall be expended by
22  the department for the administration of the off-road
23  recreational vehicle trails program.

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 1         (d)  The department of state parks and cultural
 2  resources shall:

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 4              (i)  Administer the Wyoming off-road recreational
 5  vehicle trails program;

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 7              (ii)  Furnish a sufficient quantity of numbered
 8  decals and application forms to each registration selling
 9  agent;

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11              (iii)  Keep full and complete records of all
12  registered off-road recreational vehicles; and

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14              (iv)  Consult with the Wyoming trails advisory
15  council to assist the department to establish and maintain
16  adequate off-road recreational vehicle trails.

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18         31-2-704.  Payment of fees; issuance of numbered
19  decal; trespass warning printed on decal.

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21         (a)  Upon receipt of user registration fees imposed
22  under this article, the selling agent shall issue a
23  numbered decal which shall be prominently displayed on the
24  off-road recreational vehicle.

 

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 2         (b)  Numbered decals issued under this article shall
 3  contain the following language: "Warning: trespass upon
 4  private property while operating an off-road recreational
 5  vehicle is punishable by imprisonment up to six (6) months,
 6  a fine up to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or
 7  both, under W.S. 6-3-303."

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 9         31-2-705.  Lost, mutilated or destroyed decal.

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11  In the event of loss, mutilation or destruction of any
12  numbered decal, the owner of an off-road recreational
13  vehicle may obtain a duplicate or new numbered decal from
14  any authorized selling agent or any employee of the
15  department of state parks and cultural resources upon
16  filing an affidavit explaining the loss, mutilation or
17  destruction of the original numbered decal and paying a fee
18  of two dollars ($2.00). The selling agent shall forward to
19  the department of state parks and cultural resources one
20  dollar ($1.00) of each fee collected under this section to
21  be deposited in the account created by W.S. 31-2-703(c).

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23         31-2-706.  Duration of decal.

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 1  Each decal issued under this article is effective for the
 2  calendar year and shall expire on December 31 of the
 3  registration year.

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 5         31-2-707.  Exemptions.

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 7         (a)  Off-road recreational vehicles owned or used by a
 8  governmental agency are exempt from this article.

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10         (b)  In addition to subsection (a) of this section,
11  the off-road recreational vehicle trail user registration
12  required under this article may be waived on an annual
13  basis by the director of the department of state parks and
14  cultural resources for any area designated by the
15  department through a cooperative agreement whereby other
16  governmental agencies agree to contribute to the off-road
17  recreational vehicle trail maintenance and grooming for
18  that area.

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20         Section 2.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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22                         (END)

 

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