| (1) |
A person may not operate and an owner of a motor vehicle may not give another person permission to operate a motor vehicle cross-country on any public land not designated for that use by the controlling agency. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-22-12.2
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Cross-country: means across natural terrain and off an existing highway, road, route, or trail. See Utah Code 41-22-2
- Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Motor vehicle: includes an off-highway vehicle. See Utah Code 41-22-2
- Operate: means to control the movement of or otherwise use an off-highway vehicle. See Utah Code 41-22-2
- Owner: means a person, other than a person with a security interest, having a property interest or title to an off-highway vehicle and entitled to the use and possession of that vehicle. See Utah Code 41-22-2
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Public land: means land owned or administered by any federal or state agency or any political subdivision of the state. See Utah Code 41-22-2
| (2) |
A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction. |
| (3) |
| (a) |
| (i) |
As part of any sentence for a conviction of a violation of this section, the court shall order the person to perform community service in the form of repairing any damage to the public land caused by the unlawful cross-country motor vehicle travel, with a minimum sentence calculated as described in Subsection (3)(b). |
| (ii) |
The court shall order the community service described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) to occur at the location or locations where the person caused damage to the public land. |
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| (b) |
For the community service required in Subsection (3)(a), the court shall:
| (i) |
determine the approximate value of the damage caused by the unlawful cross-country motor vehicle travel; and |
| (ii) |
calculate the number of hours of community service required to cover the cost of the damage caused by dividing the approximate value determined pursuant to Subsection (3)(b)(i) by a rate of $25 per hour. |
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Amended by Chapter 143, 2022 General Session
