Bill Text: NY S06791 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the creation of an ATV trail fund and the use of ATVs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S06791 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06791-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6791
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 23, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, the
          vehicle and traffic law, the state finance law and  the  environmental
          conservation law, in relation to the creation of an ATV trail fund and
          the use of ATVs
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1.  Legislative intent and purpose. In order to best  organize
     2  and  sustain an environmentally sensitive statewide system of trails for
     3  all terrain vehicles, the legislature hereby creates an ATV trail  fund.
     4  The control and supervision of the trail fund shall be maintained by the
     5  office  of parks, recreation and historic preservation upon consultation
     6  with the department of environmental conservation.  The  trail  fund  is
     7  created  for  the  purpose  of  designating state, municipal and private
     8  lands as part of a statewide network of ATV trails. Fees obtained by the
     9  office of parks, recreation and historic preservation  for  the  mainte-
    10  nance  of  the  trail  fund  shall  be  divided  between administration,
    11  enforcement, education and remediation and maintenance, construction and
    12  development of the statewide trail system.  It is the  purpose  of  this
    13  act  to  promote  the  safe  and  proper use of all terrain vehicles for
    14  recreation and commerce in this  state  by  encouraging  their  use  and
    15  development,  while  minimizing detrimental effects of such use upon the
    16  environment.
    17    § 2. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
    18  adding a new article 26 to read as follows:
    19                                 ARTICLE 26
    20                       ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE TRAIL FUND
    21  Section 26.01 Trail plan.
    22          26.03 Rules and regulations.
    23    § 26.01 Trail plan. The department shall prepare a statewide  all-ter-
    24  rain  vehicle  trail plan providing for recreational use of "all terrain
    25  vehicles" or "ATVs" on permitted  state  and  municipal  lands  and  ATV
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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