Has anyone heard anything new about Bill 11? I was on the Ministry Of Transportation site the other day and found this.

Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the Act is amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, chapter 12, Schedule R, section 17 by adding the following Part:

PART X.3
OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

Off-road vehicles on highways regulated by regulations, by-laws

191.8 (1) No person shall drive an off-road vehicle on a highway except in accordance with the regulations and any applicable municipal by-laws.

Regulations

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) classifying off-road vehicles and drivers;

(b) permitting and regulating the operation of any class of off-road vehicle on any highway, any class of highway or any part or parts of such highway, and permitting any class of driver to drive an off-road vehicle on any highway, any class of highway or any part or parts of such highway, and prescribing conditions for any such permission;

(c) exempting the class of off-road vehicle or of driver that is the subject of a regulation under clause (b) from any requirement in Part II, IV, VI, IX or X of this Act or in any regulation made under those Parts, and prescribing conditions for any such exemption.

Municipal by-laws

(3) The council of a municipality may pass by-laws,

(a) permitting the operation of off-road vehicles with three or more wheels and low pressure bearing tires on any highway within the municipality that is under the jurisdiction of the municipality, or on any part or parts of such highway;

(b) prescribing a lower rate of speed for off-road vehicles with three or more wheels and low pressure bearing tires than that prescribed for off-road vehicles by regulation on any highway within the municipality that is under its jurisdiction, or on any part or parts of such highway, including prescribing different rates of speed for different highways or parts of highways.

By-laws may regulate times of operation

(4) A by-law passed under subsection (3) may permit the operation of off-road vehicles with three or more wheels and low pressure bearing tires on any highway or on any part or parts of a highway only during specified months or hours.

Definitions

(5) In this section,

"low pressure bearing tire" means a wide, balloon-type tire with a rounded cross section and no distinct shoulder area and that is designed to operate with inflation pressures of no greater than 70 kpa (10 psi); ("pneu basse pression&quot

"municipality" means a city, town, village, township, regional municipality, district municipality, county and the County of Oxford; ("municipalité&quot

"off-road vehicle" means an off-road vehicle within the meaning of the Off-Road Vehicles Act. ("véhicule tout terrain&quot

See: 1999, c. 12, Sched. R, ss. 17, 21.