Pennsylvania HB 1854: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, further providing for designation of snowmobile and ATV roads.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2289
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 1854
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, HAMM, KRUPA, ROWE, SMITH AND ZIMMERMAN,
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, further
providing for designation of snowmobile and ATV roads.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 7722(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by
adding a subsection to read:
§ 7722. Designation of snowmobile and ATV roads.
(a) [General rule] Authority of department.--The Department
of Transportation [on State-designated highways and local
authorities on any highway, road or street within its
jurisdiction] may designate any State-designated highway[, road
or street within its jurisdiction] as a snowmobile road, an ATV
road, or both, and may, in its discretion, determine whether
such road shall be closed to vehicular traffic or whether
snowmobiles and ATVs may share this designated road with
vehicular traffic.
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(a.1) Authority of local authorities.--A local authority may
designate any highway, including a State-designated highway,
within the physical boundaries of the local authority as a
snowmobile road, an ATV road, or both, and may, in the local
authority's discretion, determine whether such road shall be
closed to vehicular traffic or whether snowmobiles and ATVs may
share this designated road with vehicular traffic, subject to
the following:
(1) A local authority may not designate a limited access
highway as a snowmobile road, an ATV road, or both, unless
such designation is approved by the Department of
Transportation.
(2) A local authority may not close a State-designated
highway to vehicular traffic unless the closure is approved
by the Department of Transportation.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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