Bill Text: PA SB1079 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: In snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, providing for snowmobile trails.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-29 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [SB1079 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1079-Introduced.html

---

PRINTER'S NO. 1443
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1079 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, STOUT, WARD AND EARLL, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, providing
for snowmobile trails.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 7754. Snowmobile trails.
(a) Trail maintenance and grooming.--The department shall
give priority to maintaining joint use roads, bridges and trails
used as snowmobile trails in a condition that adheres to best
management practices and maximizes both financial and natural
resources for the benefit of the snowmobiling public.
(b) Resources extraction.--Snowmobile trails shall not be
impacted by mineral or other resource extraction without the
department providing alternatives in maintaining the continuity
and connectivity of the trail system so affected.
(c) Grooming and plowing.--Any snow plowing done on roads,
bridges or trails which are a part of a designated snowmobile
trail or trail system must adhere to the following:
(1) Joint use roads, bridges and trails shall be
maintained so that snowmobiles are not impeded in their use.
(2) When joint use roads, bridges and trails are shared
with vehicular traffic, snow removal shall be done in a
manner that provides the continued snowmobile use.
(3) Joint use roads, bridges and trails under the
control of the department shall be groomed during evening and
nighttime hours to maximize safety and surface integrity.
(d) Specifications.--The department shall require all
individuals and organizations who have access to State lands
under the department's control for any purpose, or to gain
access for resource recovery use or resource extraction use that
requires the use of snowplows on State forest and State park
roads open to snowmobiling, to leave open a lane of unplowed
snow the width of no less than five feet. Snowplows shall be
equipped with adequate shoes to protect the road surface and
leave a snow mat of at least three inches.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
20090SB1079PN1443 - 2 -