Section 66-3-1001.1 - Definitions. - New Mexico Statutes

66-3-1001.1. Definitions.

As used in the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act: 

A.     "board" means the off-highway motor vehicle advisory board; 

B.     "department" means the department of game and fish; 

C.     "division" means the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department; 

D.     "fund" means the trail safety fund;  

E.     "off-highway motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed by the manufacturer for operation exclusively off the highway or road and includes: 

(1)     "all-terrain vehicle", which means a motor vehicle fifty inches or less in width, having an unladen dry weight of one thousand pounds or less, traveling on three or more low-pressure tires and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebar-type steering control; 

(2)     "off-highway motorcycle", which means a motor vehicle traveling on not more than two tires and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and that has handlebar-type steering control; 

(3)     "snowmobile", which means a motor vehicle designed for travel on snow or ice and steered and supported in whole or in part by skis, belts, cleats, runners or low-pressure tires;  

(4)     "recreational off-highway vehicle", which means a motor vehicle designed for travel on four or more non-highway tires, for recreational use by one or more persons, and having: 

(a)     a steering wheel for steering control; 

(b)     non-straddle seating; 

(c)     maximum speed capability greater than thirty-five miles per hour; 

(d)     gross vehicle weight rating no greater than one thousand seven hundred fifty pounds; 

(e)     less than eighty inches in overall width, exclusive of accessories; 

(f)     engine displacement of less than one thousand cubic centimeters; and 

(g)     identification by means of a seventeen-character vehicle identification number; or 

(5)     by rule of the department, any other vehicles that may enter the market that fit the general profile of vehicles operated off the highway for recreational purposes; 

F.     "staging area" means a parking lot, trailhead or other location to or from which an off-highway motor vehicle is transported so that it may be placed into operation or removed from operation; and 

G.     "unpaved public roadway" means a dirt graveled street or road that is constructed, signed and maintained for regular passenger-car use by the general public.