New Mexico § 66-3-1001.1 - Definitions

§ 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.