Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1776

Relating to natural resources; modifying certain restrictions on the +operation
of off highway vehicles in certain wetlands; exempting forest lands +classified
as managed from the off highway vehicle use restriction on state +lands;
exempting trails designated by the commissioner of natural resources +(DNR) for
off highway vehicle use from rulemaking procedures; requiring the +commissioner
to establish an off highway vehicle safety and conservation grant +program for
grants to certain eligible organizations to encourage off highway +vehicle clubs
to assist in safety and environmental education and in improving, +maintaining
and monitoring trails on public lands, specifying organization +eligibility for
and required use of the grants; requiring and providing for owners of+ off
highway motorcycles to display registration decals issued by the +commissioner,
exceptions; excluding motor vehicles owned by or operated under +contract with
utilities and used for work on utilities from the definition of +all-terrain
vehicle; authorizing ATV education and training program instructors +to charge
for class material and expenses; restricting the authority of adult +ATV
operators to carry passengers; authorizing the use by ATVs of +right-of-way
shoulders of roads designated as minimum maintenance roads; expanding+ the
requirement for the commissioner to review the classification status +of state
forests and eliminating the requirement for classification of +reviewed forests
as limited or closed; requiring the commissioners of natural +resources, revenue
and transportation (DOT) to determine the amount of unrefunded +gasoline tax
attributable to ATV use for statutory revision purposes and report to+ the
legislature by a certain date; repealing the existing off highway +vehicle
safety and conservation program (je)