HB 138 OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINITIONS

Rep Ambrose M Castellano

Actions: [2] not prntd-HRC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 HB 138 makes modifications to the defintions of tire and weight descriptions for ATV's and off-highway vehicles.  

 Synopsis: HB 138 modifies the description of tires for ATV from low pressure to non-highway tires under the definition section of the statute. Other modifications are made for off highway vehicles in the definitions.
Analysis: HB 138 makes wording modifications for ATV tire descriptions from low pressure to non-highway tires. 
For, recreational off-highway vehicle, which means a motor vehicle designed for travel on four or more nonhighway tires, for recreational use by one or more persons.
The weight description for these vehicles would now read unladen dry weight of no greater than three thousand five hundred pounds, which is new language from the earlier, one thousand seven hundred fifty pounds. The term, gross weight has been struck from this paragraph. 
In other modifications under recreational off-highway vehicles, the description of, engine displacement of less than one thousand cubic centimeters, has been struck.