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SENATE AMENDED
     PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1399                                 PRINTER'S NO.   3584
                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                              HOUSE BILL
                              No. 1307
                                                       Session of
                                                         2021
     INTRODUCED BY BOROWICZ, RYAN, STAMBAUGH, CAUSER, JAMES,
        PASHINSKI, LONGIETTI, OWLETT, HAMM, ZIMMERMAN, KEEFER,
        WHEELAND, ROWE, HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, SMITH, M. MACKENZIE,
        HERSHEY AND E. NELSON, APRIL 30, 2021
     SENATOR LANGERHOLC, TRANSPORTATION, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
        OCTOBER 24, 2022
                                          AN ACT
 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
    Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for
    vehicles exempt from registration.; AND, IN SNOWMOBILES AND            <--
    ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, PROVIDING FOR REGIONAL ATV PILOT
    PROGRAM FOR DEPARTMENT LANDS.
    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 hereby enacts as follows:
    Section 1.          Section 1302(17) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 § 1302.    Vehicles exempt from registration.
    The following types of vehicles are exempt from registration:
           * * *
           (17)    Any multipurpose agricultural vehicle. Vehicles
    exempt from registration under this paragraph shall be used
    exclusively upon a farm or farms owned or operated by the
    owner of the vehicles or upon highways between:
                  (i)    Parts of one such farm.
                 (ii)    Such farms located not more than [five] ten
           miles apart.
           * * *
    SECTION 2.         TITLE 75 IS AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO READ:   <--
 § 7731.    REGIONAL ATV PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEPARTMENT LANDS.
    (A)    PILOT PROGRAM.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A
 REGIONAL PILOT PROGRAM FOR ATV USE ON DEPARTMENT LANDS. THE
 PILOT PROGRAM SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
           (1)   AS PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, BY DECEMBER 31, 2022,
    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
                 (I)    EVALUATE THE DEPARTMENT FOREST DISTRICT OF
           GALLITZIN FOR ROADS AND TRAILS TO SERVE AS POTENTIAL
           REGIONAL CONNECTORS AND TO PROVIDE LOCAL ACCESS OR SERVE
           AS A TRAIL COMPLEX FOR ATV USE; AND
                 (II)    PERFORM AN ASSESSMENT REGARDING CHARGING FEES
           FOR ACCESS TO THE DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA.
           (2)   BEGINNING JANUARY 2023, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
                 (I)    CONSULT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ASSESS
           THEIR INTEREST IN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF A DEPARTMENT ATV
           PILOT AREA;
                 (II)    PERFORM OUTREACH TO AFFECTED COMMUNITIES AND
           STAKEHOLDERS; AND
                 (III)    MAP, MARK AND DESIGNATE ROADS AND TRAILS IN
           THE DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA FOR USE AS PERMITTED UNDER
           THIS SUBSECTION.
           (3)   UPON COMPLETION OF THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER PARAGRAPHS
    (1) AND (2), THE DEPARTMENT MAY APPLY A FEE AND SELL TAGS FOR
    ACCESS TO THE DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA USING A TAG SYSTEM TO
    DESIGNATE ACCESS.
           (4)   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE
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    DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA FOR THE SUMMER ATV RIDING SEASON
    FROM THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH THE LAST FULL
    WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER, IN ADDITION TO AN EXTENDED SEASON TO BE
    DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT BASED ON LOCAL CONDITIONS.
          (5)   IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA
    ROADS OR TRAILS, A PERSON WITH A REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
    7711.1 (RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF SNOWMOBILE OR ATV) MUST
    APPLY FOR, OBTAIN AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A DEPARTMENT ATV
    PILOT AREA TAG UPON THE ATV.
          (6)   THE FEE PER TAG SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE
    DEPARTMENT DURING THE PILOT PROGRAM ASSESSMENT UNDER
    PARAGRAPH (2)(I). THE TAGS SHALL BE DISPERSED ON A CALENDAR-
    YEAR BASIS.
          (7)   ALL FEES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE
    DEPOSITED INTO THE RESTRICTED ACCOUNT AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER
    SECTION 7706(A)(1) (RELATING TO RESTRICTED ACCOUNTS) AND
    SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S ATV FUND WHICH FUNDS
    ATV ACTIVITIES, ENFORCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE ON DEPARTMENT
    LANDS UNDER SECTION 7706(B).
          (8)   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MONITOR THE USE, ENFORCEMENT,
    MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND ANY ASSOCIATED IMPACTS TO STATE FOREST
    LAND RESOURCES, VALUE AND FOREST USERS RESULTING FROM THE
    DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA. ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2025,
    THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
    ON THE DEPARTMENT ATV PILOT AREA.
    (B)   EXPIRATION.--THE PILOT PROGRAM SHALL EXPIRE JANUARY 1,
 2026.
    (C)   DEFINITIONS.--AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING
 WORDS AND PHRASES SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS
 SUBSECTION UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:
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    "DEPARTMENT."   THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL
 RESOURCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
    Section 2 3.    This act shall take effect in 60 days. AS     <--
 FOLLOWS:
        (1)   THE AMENDMENT OF 75 PA.C.S. § 1302(17) SHALL TAKE
    EFFECT IN 60 DAYS.
        (2)   THE REMAINDER OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
    IMMEDIATELY.
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Statutes/Laws affected: 
Printer's No. 1399: 75-1302(17)
Printer's No. 3584: 75-1302(17)