Section 215-A:30 - [Effective 1/1/2025] EventsI. Any person, organization or corporation who wishes to operate or to promote any snow traveling vehicle or OHRV or snowmobile event or contest involving the use of unregistered snowmobiles or unregistered OHRVs shall procure a permit from the executive director. The application for the permit shall be on an annual basis, shall include a listing of scheduled events and shall be accompanied by an annual fee of $50. Participants in an event or contest shall not be required to register in New Hampshire, but shall operate under the provisions of the permit. The department shall maintain a public calendar of approved events. Distribution of any fees collected under this section shall be appropriated to fund the public calendar of these events, or the department of fish and game for the purposes specified in either RSA 215-C:39, IX or RSA 215-A:23, VIII.
II. Unregistered OHRVs may be operated as part of an organized, commercial OHRV event or contest that takes place on property owned by the organizer of such event or contest, without a permit being obtained under paragraph I.III. The OHRV training and driver's license requirements of RSA 215-A:29, I(b) and III or RSA 215-C:49, I(b) and III shall not apply to any person participating in an organized event or contest permitted under this section or in an event not requiring a permit as provided for in paragraph II.IV. The provisions of RSA 215-A:29, I(a) and II shall not apply relative to any person under 14 years of age participating in an organized event or contest, where the organizer of the event or contest has obtained landowner permission and procured a permit from the executive director for such type of activity in the same manner and under the same terms as provided in paragraph I. The organizer of the permitted event or contest shall be responsible for maintaining conditions that have the effect of ensuring actual physical direction and control over participants under 14 years of age.Amended by 2024, 200:3, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by 2017 , 156: 14, eff. 7/1/2017.1981, 538:3. 1982, 12:5. 1988, 264:7. 1997, 268:9. 2003, 295 : 6 . 2005, 210 : 33 , eff. July 1, 2006. 2017, 156 : 14 , I, eff. July 1, 2017.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.