Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met, including a prohibition on a designation of greater than 3 miles.
Existing law, until January 1, 2025, authorizes the County of Inyo to operate a pilot project that exempts specified combined-use highways in the unincorporated area in the County of Inyo from this prohibition to link together existing roads in the unincorporated portion of the county to existing trails and trailheads on federal Bureau of Land Management or United States Forest Service lands in order to provide a unified linkage of trail systems for off-highway motor vehicles, as prescribed. Existing law requires the County of Inyo to prepare and submit to the Legislature reports evaluating the effectiveness and environmental impacts of the pilot project, as specified.
This bill would authorize the Department of Parks and Recreation, until January 1, 2030, to implement a similar pilot program at Red Rock Canyon State Park. The bill would also require the department, in conjunction with specified state agencies, to prepare and submit to the Legislature reports evaluating the effectiveness and environmental impacts of the pilot project by January 1, 2029, as specified.

Statutes affected:
SB632: 38026 VEH, 38026.5 VEH
03/21/23 - Amended Senate: 13307.7 ELEC, 13307.7 ELEC, 13311 ELEC, 13311 ELEC
05/18/23 - Amended Senate: 13307.7 ELEC, 13311 ELEC
06/27/23 - Amended Assembly: 85601 GOV, 85601 GOV, 13307.7 ELEC, 13311 ELEC
07/11/23 - Amended Assembly: 9084 ELEC, 9084 ELEC, 13307.5 ELEC, 13307.5 ELEC, 85601 GOV
05/28/24 - Amended Assembly: 38026 VEH, 38026 VEH, 38026.5 VEH, 38026.5 VEH, 9084 ELEC, 13307.5 ELEC, 85601 GOV
09/04/24 - Enrolled: 38026 VEH, 38026.5 VEH
09/25/24 - Chaptered: 38026 VEH, 38026.5 VEH