S.F. No. 4280 Summary

• Designates Commissioner of Natural Resources authority to mark recreational touring routes for highway-licensed vehicles on forest roads and unpaved county, township, or state roads with dirt, gravel, or rugged surfaces.

• Prohibits touring routes from including unpaved roads crossing exceptional use waters, outstanding resource value waters, trout streams, impaired waters, or U.S. Forest Service maintenance level 2 roads that cross waters.

• Requires removal of unpaved road segments from touring routes within 60 days if waters they cross are subsequently designated as impaired, including removal of signs and website updates.

• Bans designation of touring routes on land containing prohibited noxious weeds, restricted noxious weeds, or county noxious weeds as identified by the Commissioner of Agriculture or counties.

• Mandates touring routes maintain a minimum 300-foot buffer from road edges to water basins or wetlands and requires Commissioner to obtain approval from affected counties, townships, and road authorities before including roads in touring routes.