SB424 (2008) Detail

Relative to prohibiting ATV and trail bike use on state-owned rail trails acquired using federal funds.


SB 424 – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2790

10/09

SENATE BILL 424

AN ACT relative to prohibiting ATV and trail bike use on state-owned rail trails acquired using federal funds.

SPONSORS: Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Rep. Spang, Straf 7; Rep. P. McMahon, Merr 3; Rep. Snow, Rock 1; Rep. Brueggemann, MerrĀ 12

COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that recreational trails established on unused rail corridors, or rail trails, on state-owned property managed by the bureau of trails, department of resources and economic development and acquired using federal transportation enhancement funds, prohibit ATV and trail bike use.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2790

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to prohibiting ATV and trail bike use on state-owned rail trails acquired using federal funds.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 OHRVs; Trails; Rail Corridors. Amend RSA 215-A:31 to read as follows:

215-A:31 State Parks and Forests. All trails under the jurisdiction of the department of resources and economic development, except for recreational trails established on unused rail corridors acquired by the state using federal transportation enhancement funds, so far as possible and consistent with their primary functions, shall be made available for use by OHRVs subject to the fees[,] and rules as established by the directors of the division of parks and recreation and the division of forests and lands with the approval of the commissioner of resources and economic development.

2 New Paragraph; OHRVs; ATV and Trail Bike Trails. Amend RSA 215-A:42 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. Trails on state-owned property established on an unused rail corridor, or so-called rail trails, acquired using federal transportation enhancement funds, shall be closed to ATV and trail bike use.

3 OHRVs; ATV and Trail Bike Trail Evaluation Process. Amend RSA 215-A:43, V to read as follows:

V. This section shall not apply to the change in use designation of state-funded rail trails to include ATV and trail bike use.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.