TITLE 31
Motor and Other vehicles
CHAPTER 31-3.2
Snowmobiles and Recreational Vehicles
SECTION 31-3.2-1
§ 31-3.2-1 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the
following meanings ascribed to them:
(1) "Dealer" means a person, partnership, or corporation
engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles or recreational vehicles at
wholesale or retail.
(2) "Director" means the director of the department of
environmental management acting directly or through his or her authorized agent.
(3) "Manufacturer" means a person, partnership or corporation
engaged in the business of manufacturing snowmobiles or recreational vehicles.
(4) "Operate" means to ride in, on, and control the operation
of a snowmobile or recreational vehicle.
(5) "Operator" means every person who operates or is in
actual physical control of a snowmobile or recreational vehicle.
(6) "Owner" means a person, other than a lienholder, having
the property in or title to a snowmobile or to a recreational vehicle or
entitled to the use or possession of one.
(7) "Person" includes an individual, partnership,
corporation, the state and its agencies and subdivisions, and any body of
persons, whether incorporated or not.
(8) "Recreational vehicle" means a motor vehicle including
minibikes designed to travel over unimproved terrain and which has been
determined by the division of motor vehicles as unsuitable for operation on the
public way and not eligible for registration for such use. This shall not be
construed to include golf mobiles or golf carts, riding lawn mowers, or garden
tractors, which are not registered as farm vehicles, but shall include any
three (3) wheel driven vehicle and any other four (4) wheel driven vehicle,
regardless of type or design, including all classes of all-terrain vehicles.
(9) "Register" means the act of assigning a registration
number of a snowmobile or recreational vehicle.
(10) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved,
designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
(11) "Snowmobile" means a motor vehicle designed to travel
over ice or snow supported in whole or in part by skis, belts, cleats, or
low-pressure tires.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1971, ch. 117, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 85, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 334,
§ 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 412, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 413, § 1.)