1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for certain all-terrain vehicle registration 
1.3 	and watercraft license exemptions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 
1.4 	84.922, subdivision 1a; 86B.301, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 84.922, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 1a.Exemptions. All-terrain vehicles exempt from registration are:
1.8 	(1) vehicles owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the 
1.9 	state, another state, or a political subdivision;
1.10 	(2) vehicles that are registered in another state or country that and have not been 
1.11 	in this state for more than 30 consecutive days or that are registered by an Indian tribal 
1.12 	government to a tribal member and have not been outside the tribal reservation boundary 
1.13 	for more than 30 consecutive days;
1.14 	(3) vehicles that:
1.15 	(i) are owned by a resident of another state or country that does not require 
1.16 	registration of all-terrain vehicles;
1.17 	(ii) have not been in this state for more than 30 consecutive days; and
1.18 	(iii) are operated on state and grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a 
1.19 	nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass;
1.20 	(4) vehicles used exclusively in organized track racing events; and
1.21 	(5) vehicles that are 25 years old or older and were originally produced as a separate 
1.22 	identifiable make by a manufacturer.

1.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 86B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subd. 2.Exemptions. A watercraft license is not required for:
2.2 	(1) a watercraft that is covered by a license or number in full force and effect under 
2.3 	federal law or a federally approved licensing or numbering system of another state, and 
2.4 	has not been within this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include 
2.5 	days that a watercraft is laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior 
2.6 	port or another port in the state;
2.7 	(2) a watercraft from a country other than the United States that has not been within 
2.8 	this state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include days that a watercraft is 
2.9 	laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior port or another port in the state;
2.10 	(3) a watercraft owned by the United States, an Indian tribal government, a state, or 
2.11 	a political subdivision of a state, except watercraft used for recreational purposes;
2.12 	(4) a ship's lifeboat;
2.13 	(5) a watercraft that has been issued a valid marine document by the United States 
2.14 	government;
2.15 	(6) a duck boat during duck hunting season;
2.16 	(7) a rice boat during the harvest season;
2.17 	(8) a seaplane; and
2.18 	(9) a nonmotorized watercraft ten feet in length or less; and
2.19 	(10) a watercraft that is covered by a valid license or number issued by a federally 
2.20 	recognized Indian tribe in the state under a federally approved licensing or numbering 
2.21 	system and that is owned by a member of that tribe.