Thursday, March 18, 2010
Committee Passes Bill For ATV Trails
KENTUCKY....
House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, was unanimously approved Thursday by the House Committee on Tourism Development and Energy. A system of ATV trails in eastern Kentucky would connect to similar trail systems in West Virginia and south-western Virginia. The bill the committee approved was very different from the original bill which would have elevated the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority to the level of a state agency and given it power to require that people buy a permit before hiking or riding on state lands. Hall said he changed the bill because the original would have cost several million dollars.
House Bill 173, sponsored by Rep. Keith Hall, D-Phelps, was unanimously approved Thursday by the House Committee on Tourism Development and Energy. A system of ATV trails in eastern Kentucky would connect to similar trail systems in West Virginia and south-western Virginia. The bill the committee approved was very different from the original bill which would have elevated the Kentucky Recreational Trails Authority to the level of a state agency and given it power to require that people buy a permit before hiking or riding on state lands. Hall said he changed the bill because the original would have cost several million dollars.
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