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17.__Failure to use ATV lights.__Except as provided in section
13159, a person may not fail to use the lights required under
subsection 16 as follows:

 
A.__During the period from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour
before sunrise; and

 
B.__At any time when, due to insufficient light or
unfavorable atmospheric conditions caused by fog or
otherwise, other persons, vehicles and other objects are not
clearly discernible for a distance of 500 feet ahead.

 
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.

 
18.__Unlawfully operating ATV on railroad tracks.__This
subsection governs operation of an ATV on railroad tracks.

 
A.__A person may not:

 
(1)__Operate an ATV along or adjacent and parallel to
the tracks of a railroad within the limits of the
railroad right-of-way without written permission from
the railroad owning the right-of-way; or

 
(2)__Operate an ATV across the tracks of a railroad
after having been forbidden to do so by the railroad
owning the railroad right-of-way or by an agent of that
railroad, either personally or by appropriate notices
posted conspicuously along the railroad right-of-way.

 
B.__Notwithstanding paragraph A, a person may operate within
the right-of-way of a portion of railroad line that has been
officially abandoned under the authority of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.

 
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.

 
19.__Operating too close to certain buildings.__A person may
not operate an ATV within 200 feet of a dwelling, hospital,
nursing home, convalescent home or church, except a person may:

 
A.__Operate an ATV on public ways in accordance with
subsections 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9;


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