SB1100

THE CONTEXT: An all-terrain vehicle is either: 1) A motor vehicle that: a) is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all-terrain travel; b) is 50 or fewer inches in width; c) has an unladen weight of 1,200 pounds or less; d) travels on three or more nonhighway tires; and e) is operated on a public highway; or 2) A recreational off-highway vehicle that: a) is designed primarily for recreational nonhighway all-terrain travel; b) is 80 or fewer inches in width; c) has an unladen weight of 2,500 pounds or less; d) travels on four or more nonhighway tires; e) has a steering wheel for steering control; f) has a rollover...

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would modify the definition of an all-terrain vehicle to require a recreational off-highway vehicle to have an unladen weight of 3,500 pounds or less, rather than 2,500 pounds or less and increase the maximum unladen weight, from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds, for an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway vehicle that must register for a resident or nonresident off-highway vehicle user indicia and that is subject to a Vehicle License Tax of $3.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to turn the Legislature's standard for all-terrain vehicles into an enforceable rule. It would modify the definition of an all-terrain vehicle to require a recreational off-highway vehicle to have an unladen weight of 3,500 pounds or less, rather than 2,500 pounds or less, and would also increase the maximum unladen weight, from 2,500 to 3,500 pounds, for an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway vehicle that must register for a resident or nonresident off-highway vehicle user indicia and that is subject to a Vehicle License Tax of $3, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.