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VT S0004

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Alison Clarkson

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Municipalities gain discretionary authority to maintain legal trails but are not required to do so and owe no duty of care to trail users
  • Municipal legislative bodies may adopt ordinances regulating the use of legal trails, including restrictions on vehicle types permitted on trails
  • Trails are defined as public rights-of-way that are not highways, including former town highways reclassified as trails and new rights-of-way laid out for property access or recreation
  • Updates terminology throughout 19 V.S.A. chapter 3, replacing "selectmen" with "selectboard" and "legislative body" to align with current statutory definitions
  • Effective date: July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

An act relating to maintenance and use of legal trails

Last Action

Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Transportation

1/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Transportation1/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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