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VT S0004
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alison Clarkson
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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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