PRINTER'S NO. 1692
No. 1454 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY OLASZ, B. D. CLARK, TRELLO, PISTELLA, MICHLOVIC,
DALEY, VAN HORNE AND KOSINSKI, MAY 22, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 22, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for all-terrain vehicles.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The definition of "all-terrain vehicle" or "ATV"
6 in section 7702 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 7702. Definitions.
9 The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
10 shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
11 meanings given to them in this section:
12 "All-terrain vehicle" or "ATV."
13 (1) A motorized off-highway vehicle, 50 inches or less
14 in width, having a dry weight of 600 pounds or less,
15 traveling on three or more low-pressure tires and having a
16 seat designed to be straddled by the operator is designated
17 as a Class I all-terrain vehicle.
1 (2) A motorized off-highway vehicle, 58 inches or less
2 in width, having a dry weight of 700 pounds or less,
3 traveling on four or more low-profile, low-pressure tires and
4 having a bench seat is designated as a Class II all-terrain
5 vehicle.
6 (3) A motorcycle designed for off-road travel.
7 [(3)] (4) This term does not include snowmobiles, [trail
8 bikes,] motorboats, golf carts, aircraft, dune buggies,
9 automobiles, construction machines, trucks or home utility
10 machines; military, fire, emergency and law enforcement
11 vehicles; implements of husbandry; multipurpose agricultural
12 vehicles; vehicles used by the department; or off-road
13 vehicles not generally used for outdoor recreation.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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