[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR420.5]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 420--OFF-ROAD VEHICLE USE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 420.5  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Off-road vehicle means any motorized vehicle (including the 
standard automobile) designed for or capable of cross-country travel on 
or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or 
natural terrain. The term excludes: (1) Nonamphibious registered 
motorboats; (2) military, fire, emergency, or law enforcement vehicles 
when used for emergency purpose; (3) self-propelled lawnmowers, 
snowblowers, garden or lawn tractors, and golf carts while being used 
for their designed purpose; (4) agricultural, timbering, construction, 
exploratory, and development equipment and vehicles while being used 
exclusively as authorized by permit, lease, license, agreement, or 
contract with the Bureau; (5) any combat or combat support vehicle when 
used in times of national defense emergencies; and (6) ``official use'' 
vehicles.
    (b) Bureau means the Bureau of Reclamation.
    (c) Reclamation lands mean all lands under the custody and control 
of the Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
    (d) Off-road vehicle area means a portion or all of a specifically 
designated parcel of Reclamation lands opened to off-road vehicle use in 
accordance with the procedure in section 420.21.
    (e) Off-road vehicle trail means a specifically delineated path or 
way varying in width which is designated to be used by and maintained 
for hikers, horsemen, snow travelers, bicyclists and for motorized 
vehicles.
    (f) Official use means use of a vehicle by an employee, agent, or 
designated representative of the Federal Government who, with special 
permission from the Bureau of Reclamation, uses a vehicle for an 
officially authorized purpose.
    (g) Organized Event means a structured, or consolidated, or 
scheduled meeting involving 15 or more vehicles for the purpose of 
recreational use of Reclamation lands involving the use of off-road 
vehicles. The term does not include family groups participating in 
informal recreational activities.

[39 FR 26893, July 24, 1974, as amended at 44 FR 34909, June 15, 1979]

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