Bill Text - HB349 (2013)

Relative to OHRV operation of certain 4-wheel drive vehicles on trails within Jericho Mountain state park.


Revision: March 21, 2013, midnight

HB 349 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

20Mar2013… 0728h

2013 SESSION

13-0424

10/03

HOUSE BILL 349

AN ACT relative to OHRV operation of certain 4-wheel drive vehicles on trails within Jericho Mountain state park.

SPONSORS: Rep. Coulombe, Coos 3; Rep. H. Richardson, Coos 4; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the bureau of trails, department of resources and economic development, to permit 4-wheel drive motor vehicles registered as OHRVs to operate at Jericho Mountain state park at specific times and on specific trails.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Mar2013… 0728h

13-0424

10/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to OHRV operation of certain 4-wheel drive vehicles on trails within Jericho Mountain state park.

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

1 Trails on State Lands; Jericho Mountain State Park. Amend RSA 215-A:43, VII(c) to read as follows:

(c) A person may operate an OHRV within Jericho Mountain state park which weighs up to [1,600] 1,700 pounds and is no wider than 65 inches on specifically designated trails within Jericho Mountain state park, provided that, in addition, the bureau of trails may permit operation of wider or heavier 4-wheel drive motor vehicles, as referenced in the Jericho Mountain state park master development plan, registered as OHRVs, at specific times and on specific trails.

2 Trails on State Lands; Jericho Mountain State Park; Version Effective January 1, 2016. RSA 215-A:43, VII(c) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

(c) A person may operate an OHRV within Jericho Mountain state park which weighs up to 1,700 pounds and is no wider than 65 inches on specifically designated trails within Jericho Mountain state park.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2016.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.