Sec. 14-386. Enforcement. Failure to stop snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon request.
Sec. 14-386. Enforcement. Failure to stop snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle
upon request. (a) Any law enforcement officer of the Department of Environmental
Protection, motor vehicle inspector, state police officer, uniformed municipal police
officer, constable, state park policeman, state forest policeman or forest ranger may
enforce the provisions of sections 14-379 to 14-390, inclusive.
(b) No person operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle shall refuse to stop
his snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle after being requested or signalled to do so by an
authorized law enforcement officer, or the owner or the agent of the owner of the property
upon which such snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle is being operated. Any person operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle who refuses to stop his snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon such request or such signal by an authorized law enforcement officer
shall have committed an infraction.
(1969, P.A. 752, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 848, S. 10; 857, S. 3; P.A. 76-381, S. 15.)
History: 1971 acts gave constables, state park policemen and state forest policemen or forest rangers enforcement
powers under Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to include all-terrain vehicles in provisions and to require operator of
vehicle to stop upon signal of property owner or his agent; P.A. 76-381 replaced provision for $50 maximum fine with
statement that failure to stop is an infraction.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.