Bill Text: NY S05821 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-22 - PRINT NUMBER 5821A [S05821 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05821-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5821--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 4, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, AKSHAR, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural
          Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation -- recommitted to the Committee
          on  Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation in accordance with
          Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, the
          vehicle  and traffic law and the state finance law, in relation to the
          creation of an ATV trail fund
          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
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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