Section 33-14-109 - Restrictions on young operators(1) No person under the age of ten years may operate a snowmobile, except upon lands owned or leased by his parent or guardian, unless he is accompanied by or under the immediate supervision of a person sixteen years of age or over or by a person over fourteen years of age who holds a snowmobile safety certificate issued by the division for the successful completion of a snowmobile safety education and training course conducted by the division.(2) Except when accompanied or supervised in the manner provided in subsection (1) of this section, no person ten years of age or over who has not reached his sixteenth birthday shall operate a snowmobile in this state, except upon lands of his parent or guardian, unless he has received a snowmobile safety certificate for the successful completion of a snowmobile safety education and training course conducted by the division.(3) Any person who violates this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 580, eff. 3/1/2022.Amended by 2019 Ch. 423, § 25, eff. 7/1/2019.L. 84: Entire article added, p. 909, § 2, effective 1/1/1985. L. 95: (3) amended, p. 973, § 24, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 1950, § 28, effective May 22. L. 2019: (3) amended, (HB 19-1026), ch. 3699, p. 3699, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2021: (3) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3268, p. 3268, § 580, effective 3/1/2022.(1) This section is similar to former § 33-7-108 as it existed prior to 1984.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the short title ("Respect the Great Outdoors Act") and the legislative declaration in HB 19-1026, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 423, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.