SB251 (2014) Detail

Relative to horse access to state land.


SB 251 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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08/01

SENATE BILL 251

AN ACT relative to horse access to state land.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Rep. Peckham, Rock 22; Rep. Wright, Carr 8; Rep. Ratzki, Merr 1

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill allows horseback riding on any trail in the multi-use statewide trail system.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2676

08/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to horse access to state land.

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

1 New Paragraph; Horseback Riding; Multi-Use Statewide Trail System. Amend RSA 216-F:2 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. Nothing shall limit the right of the public to pass over any trail in the multi-use statewide trail system for the purpose of horseback riding. Horseback riders shall be responsible for removal of horse waste from the trail head and parking areas of any park or reservation.

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