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.
