Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 171 - Public Safety Department
Chapter 7440 - SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE EMBLEMS
Part 7440.0100 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Scope.
For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings given them.
Subp. 1a. Alternate SMV emblem.
"Alternate SMV emblem" is the SMV emblem that may be displayed instead of the standard SMV emblem by persons who have obtained a permit to display the alternate SMV emblem from the commissioner.
Subp. 2. ASAE.
"ASAE" is an abbreviation for American Society of Agricultural Engineers.
Subp. 3. ASTM.
"ASTM" is an abbreviation for American Society for Testing and Materials.
Subp. 3a. Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety.
Subp. 4. Portable emblem.
"Portable emblem" means the slow moving vehicle emblem when attached to the backing material specified in part 7440.0400, subpart 4.
Subp. 5. SAE.
"SAE" is an abbreviation for Society of Automotive Engineers.
Subp. 6. Slow moving vehicle.
"Slow moving vehicle" means all animal-drawn vehicles, implements of husbandry, and other machinery, including all road construction machinery, except when used in actual construction and maintenance work as qualified by Minnesota Statutes, section 169.522, which are designed for operation at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less. These vehicles are those that normally travel at rates of speed slower than regular vehicular traffic (vehicles that have a maximum travel speed of less than 25 miles per hour).
Subp. 7. SMV emblem.
"SMV emblem" means the triangular multicolored device used to identify slow moving vehicles.
Subp. 8. SMV.
"SMV" is an abbreviation for slow moving vehicle.
Statutory Authority: MS s 169.522
