E Relating to natural resources; restricting the use of off highway + vehicles on public land, including off highway motorcycles and off road and +all-terrain vehicles in the definition of off highway vehicle; requiring an +educational certificate and a rules decal for the operation of off highway +vehicles on public land, requiring and providing for commissioner revocation of +the certificates for violation of operation restrictions, providing for reinstatement; specifying certain operation restrictions; authorizing conservation or other licensed peace officers to issue civil +citations for certain violations, specifying certain citation requirements, +providing for enforcement and for allocation of penalty amounts to the local +government unit employing the issuing officer and to the recreational vehicle +accounts, authorizing appeal; authorizing local government units to submit +claims for property damage caused by the use of off highway vehicles to the +commissioner; restricting the operation of off highway vehicles on state land to +roads and trails designated by the commissioner and on county administered +forest land within the boundaries of a state forest and authorizing road or trail+ closures under certain conditions; creating the off highway vehicle damage +account in the natural resources fund and appropriating money in the account to +the commissioner for the repair or restoration of property damaged by the+ operation of off highway vehicles in unpermitted areas and for administrative +costs; removing certain exemptions from the off highway motorcycles +registration requirement; imposing a surcharge on off highway motorcycle, off road+ vehicle and ATV registrations to pay for damage claims; expanding certain off+ highway motorcycle environmental and safety education and training program +content requirements and increasing the program fee, requiring the issuance +of certificates to all operators and authorizing an issuance fee, +expanding the authorized uses of the off highway motorcycle account, specifying +certain factors to be considered by the commissioner in determining the +amount of money to be allocated for certain enforcement purposes; requiring and +providing for the commissioner to establish a comprehensive off road vehicle +environment and safety education and training program and expanding authorized uses +of the vehicle account; requiring and providing for the commissioner to +establish a program to promote the safe and responsible operation of off highway+ vehicles; modifying the definition of all-terrain vehicle; expanding +environmental and safety education and training program content requirements, modifying+ certain conditions for the operation of ATVs on public land and public road rights-of-way; specifying certain exemptions from training +requirements and authorizing a certificate issuance fee; requiring commissioner +withholding of grants in aid payments for motorized trail construction and +maintenance for certain recipient violations; requiring the commissioner to review +state forests and provide provisional designations for trails for use by +off highway vehicles by a certain date, temporarily suspending environmental +review and rules of the environmental quality board for provisional trail +designation, requiring EQB adoption of rules providing for threshold levels for environmental review on recreational trails by a certain later date; + requiring a commissioner report to the legislature by a certain date relating +to the cost of maintenance, operation and enforcement on off highway vehicle +trails, specifying certain report content requirements; appropriating money +to the commissioner of natural resources for off-highway trail designation +and development, for off highway vehicle enforcement and training, for +local enforcement and education grants, for the iron range off highway +vehicle recreation area and for the production and distribution of rules +decals (mk, ja)