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after having been forbidden to do so by the owner thereof, the
owner's agent or a municipal official, either personally or by
appropriate notices posted conspicuously on that road.

 
A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation
for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500
may be adjudged.

 
5.__Operating snowmobile on public way.__Except as provided in
subsection 4 and this subsection, a person may not operate a
snowmobile upon the main traveled portion, the sidewalks or the
plowed snowbanks of a public way.

 
A.__A properly registered snowmobile may be operated on a
public way only the distance necessary, but in no case to
exceed 300 yards, on the extreme right of the traveled way
for the purpose of crossing, as directly as possible, a
public way, sidewalk or culvert;

 
B.__A properly registered snowmobile may be operated on a
public way only the distance necessary, but in no case to
exceed 500 yards, on the extreme right of the traveled way
for the sole purpose of crossing, as directly as possible, a
bridge, overpass or underpass, provided that that operation
can be made in safety and that it does not interfere with
vehicular traffic approaching from either direction on the
public way;

 
C.__A snowmobile may be operated on any portion of a public
way when the public way has been closed in accordance with
Title 23, section 2953;

 
D.__If the main traveled portion of a public way is publicly
plowed and utilized by conventional motor vehicles, a
snowmobile may be operated only on that portion of the way
not maintained or utilized for the operation of conventional
motor vehicles, except that operation on the left side of
the way is prohibited during the hours from sunset to
sunrise on the portion of the way not maintained or utilized
for the operation of conventional motor vehicles. This
paragraph does not apply to a snowmobile operated by a
public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission
while being operated in the course of the utility's
corporate function, so that public utilities may effectively
and speedily carry out their obligations to the public;

 
E.__A snowmobile may be operated on streets and public ways
during a period of emergency when the emergency has been so
declared by a police agency having jurisdiction and when
travel by conventional motor vehicles is not practicable.


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