41-22-12.2. Unlawful cross-country motor vehicle travel on public land.
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Effective 1/1/2023
41-22-12.2. Unlawful cross-country motor vehicle travel on public land.
(1)A person may not operate and an owner of a motor vehicle may not give another person permission to operate a motor vehicle cross-country on any public land not designated for that use by the controlling agency.
(2)A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction.
(i)As part of any sentence for a conviction of a violation of this section, the court shall order the person to perform community service in the form of repairing any damage to the public land caused by the unlawful cross-country motor vehicle travel, with a minimum sentence calculated as described in Subsection (3)(b) .
(ii)The court shall order the community service described in Subsection (3)(a)(i) to occur at the location or locations where the person caused damage to the public land.
(b)For the community service required in Subsection (3)(a) , the court shall:
(i)determine the approximate value of the damage caused by the unlawful cross-country motor vehicle travel; and
(ii)calculate the number of hours of community service required to cover the cost of the damage caused by dividing the approximate value determined pursuant to Subsection (3)(b)(i) by a rate of $25 per hour.
Amended by Chapter 143 , 2022 General Session