{"id":112874,"date":"2015-04-28T18:15:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T00:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ohv-bill-crashes\/"},"modified":"2015-04-28T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T00:15:09","slug":"ohv-bill-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ohv-bill-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"OHV bill crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Signs on County Road 110 northeast of Silverton stop all-terrain vehicles from entering town. A bill that would have taken steps toward allowing off-highway vehicles on county roads died Friday by a committee largely made up of legislative leaders.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

DENVER \u2013 It\u2019s been a bumpy ride for legislation that would take steps to allow off-highway vehicles on county roads, and on Friday, that effort crashed.<\/p>\n

A joint committee of both the House and Senate \u2013 largely made up of legislative leaders \u2013 killed an effort by Rep. J. Paul Brown, R-Ignacio, to study permitting all-terrain vehicles on county roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m an ex-bull rider, and I don\u2019t like getting bucked off,\u201d Brown told the committee. \u201cIt looks like I\u2019m going to get bucked off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown thought he had reached a compromise by proposing only to study the issue. He had run a bill that would have outright permitted use of the vehicles on roads.<\/p>\n

But in both instances, Brown ran into spending concerns. The bill that would have simply allowed use on roads would have generated nearly $6 million in revenue from registration fees, increasing the amount required to be refunded to taxpayers. Lawmakers would have had to cut important areas of the state budget.<\/p>\n

In the case of the study, legislative leaders expressed concerns about the cost of forming a commission.<\/p>\n

Rural lawmakers have been working on the issue for at least six years with no progress.<\/p>\n

Brown said he plans to petition leaders to develop a legislative committee to examine the issue during the summer, after the Legislature adjourns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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