1.2relating to snowmobiles; prohibiting tampering of off-road recreational vehicle
1.3odometers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 325E.13, by adding a
1.4subdivision; 325E.14, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.13, is amended by adding a
1.7subdivision to read:
1.8    Subd. 5. Off-road recreational vehicle. "Off-road recreational vehicle" means a
1.9snowmobile as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3, and an off-highway vehicle, as
1.10defined in section 84.771.

1.11    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.12    Subdivision 1. Tampering. No person shall knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter,
1.13change, set back, disconnect or, with intent to defraud, fail to connect the odometer of any
1.14motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, or cause any of the foregoing to occur to
1.15an odometer of a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, so as to reflect a lower
1.16mileage than has actually been driven by the motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle.

1.17    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.18    Subd. 3. Sales and use restrictions. No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or
1.19install on any part of a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, or on any odometer
1.20in a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, any device which that causes the
1.21odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage.

2.1    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.2    Subd. 4. Sales restriction. No person shall sell or offer for sale any motor vehicle
2.3or off-road recreational vehicle with knowledge that the mileage registered on the
2.4odometer has been altered so as to reflect a lower mileage than has actually been driven
2.5by the motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle without disclosing such the fact to
2.6prospective purchasers.

2.7    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 325E.14, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.8    Subd. 6. Repair or replacement restriction. Nothing in this section shall prevent
2.9the service, repair, or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated
2.10thereon remains the same as before the service, repair, or replacement. Where the
2.11odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before such the service, repair,
2.12or replacement, the odometer shall be adjusted to read zero and a written notice shall be
2.13attached to the left door frame of the motor vehicle by the owner or an agent specifying
2.14the mileage prior to repair or replacement of the odometer and the date on which it was
2.15repaired or replaced. No person shall remove or alter such a notice so affixed.

2.16    Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.17This act is effective July 1, 2014, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.