Video & Transcript Research : 'ATV'

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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:01:54.079> into cities uh better integrate ATVs into cities uh better integrate ATVs into
  • The economic impact of ATV use in St.
  • <00:04:17.720> use economy the economic impact of ATV use economy the economic impact of ATV
  • <00:04:30.960> tourism and equipment rentals ATV tourism and equipment rentals ATV tourism
  • Recreation traffic events like ATV Recreation traffic events like ATV jamborees<00:04:39.880>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • ATVs on public roads.
  • The economic impact of ATV use in St.
  • <00:03:48.400> tourism and equipment rentals ATV tourism and equipment rentals ATV tourism
  • Recreation traffic events like ATV Recreation traffic events like ATV jamborees<00:03:57.319>
  • of the board of ATV of the board of ATV Minesota<00:05:16.960> uh<00:05:17.120> this
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • in the bill there have been eight ATV in the bill there have been eight ATV crashes<00:07:14.080
  • I'm the ATV Minnesota president.
  • Voyager Country ATV trail system.
  • destination for ATV riders.
  • destination for ATV riders.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment committee hears HF1012 3/20/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • It looks like an ATV trail.
  • It looks like an ATV trail.
  • for ATVs.
  • for ATVs.
  • <00:40:32.960> Did ATVs. Did you know that to be true? Did ATVs.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House File 1012, as amended by the A1 amendment, and the author moved the bill to be laid over for possible inclusion in a future bill. The amendment, adopted on a voice vote, changed the timing for public input in trail planning, removed language on decommissioning trails, and combined the measure with another ATV-fee bill. The author said the bill would unify ATV trail signage policy statewide, align statute with DNR best practices, and not affect the forest trail inventory, existing ATV-accessible miles, or hunting exemptions. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including representatives of the Minnesota Public Lands Coalition, tribal officials from the Max Band and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, a retired DNR conservation officer, a retired wildlife manager, and the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, argued the bill would better protect wetlands, wildlife habitat, and culturally significant areas, improve transparency and tribal consultation, and make trail planning and enforcement more workable. The EQB said the amended bill’s rulemaking timeline was more workable, and the DNR described its existing multi-step trail review and consultation process. Opponents, including ATV Minnesota, county commissioners from northern counties, and a representative of the Minnesota Trappers Association, argued the bill would burden or restrict existing trail systems, increase costs, and threaten tourism and local economies. They said current trail development already involves DNR and local review, and that the bill could reduce access for riders, trappers, and other users. In member questions, the author and a Minnesota Association of Townships representative said the bill was intended to codify DNR best practices and bring local governments into the process earlier, while confirming that hunting exemptions were not removed.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Environment committee approves HF81 3/4/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • riding adult ATVs.
  • This isn't about ATVs.
  • This isn't about ATVs.
  • This isn't about ATVs.
  • This isn't about ATVs.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (02/06/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • You are driving an ATV through the forest.
  • You are driving an ATV through the forest.
  • <00:47:58.720> There driving an ATV through the forest.
  • There driving an ATV through the forest.
  • at your ATV. at your ATV.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/26/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think ATVing is really fun.
  • <01:34:56.400> when to travel off trail with ATVs when to travel off trail with ATVs when
  • All ATV trails are multiple use.
  • some are just wide enough for an ATV. some are just wide enough for an ATV.
  • ATVs are allowed. ATVs are allowed.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The recent Voyager ATV System Phase 2 proposes to follow an ATV trail that traverses old-growth forest
  • <01:20:16.320> ATV<01:20:16.960> Network habitat from an expanded ATV ATV Network habitat
  • from an expanded ATV ATV Network rare<01:20:18.320> Wildlife<01:20:18.840> numbers<01:
  • ATV trail expansion.
  • for ATVs.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • riding adult ATVs.
  • :34.319> push adult ATVs Banning youth ATVs will push adult ATVs Banning youth ATVs will push
  • This isn't about ATVs.
  • This isn't about ATVs.
  • This isn't about ATVs.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (01/28/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • . for ATV travel and it um would require for ATV travel and it um would require them<00:09:25.399>
  • Road uses that they can expect ATV Road uses that they can expect ATV travel<00:18:06.159> on
  • on the far end of it there's a End ATV on the far end of it there's a End ATV use<00:23:18.400><
  • side-by-sides, as well as ATVs.
  • under the ATV not under the ATV under the ATV not under the ATV definition<00:44:25.839> yeah
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Public Works and Highways Committee heard testimony on House Bill 375, which would allow municipalities to designate certain road segments for ATV travel, create maps and signage for those routes, set seasonal limits, and require certain equipment on ATVs such as lights, a horn, flashers, and directional signals. The sponsor, Rep. Dan Maguire, said the bill is intended to support tourism and give towns a structured, optional way to permit ATV use on roads, not to override existing uses. Members asked about possible overlap with agricultural vehicle rules, golf carts, speed limits, and whether the bill could allow ATV use on busier roads or expressways; the sponsor said he did not intend to interfere with existing lawful uses and believed golf carts would only be included if they met the relevant statutory requirements. NHDOT State Maintenance Engineer Alan Hennessy said the department had concerns with language exempting municipalities and the Bureau of Trails from the permitting process, arguing that the existing permit system provides needed review, public notice, and signage requirements. He also raised questions about road funding and maintenance if ATVs were allowed on state highways. Fish and Game Captain Michael Eastman testified that his commission opposed the bill as written, citing concerns about the ATV definition, the distinction between ATVs, UTVs, and other OHRVs, and the potential impact on state highways and road maintenance. He said towns can already open roads to OHRV use under existing law, and he noted that accident data for road use would generally be handled by local police or State Police rather than Fish and Game. Craig Reny, chief of the Bureau of Trails, said the current Bureau of Trails/DOT permit process for highway crossings and connectors works well and is used to ensure safety through engineering review. He said his bureau was not taking a position on the bill but wanted to clarify that existing procedures already address many of the issues the bill appears to cover. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • in 1984 and supported by ATV registration fees and a portion of the unrefunded gas tax from ATV use.
  • <00:18:33.360> dedicated draw funding from the ATV dedicated draw funding from the ATV dedicated
  • of the unrefunded gas tax from ATV use. of the unrefunded gas tax from ATV use.
  • <00:19:28.000> related disappointed that other ATV related disappointed that other ATV related
  • ATV trails are not only a governments.
Bills: HF2439
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/03/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • :17.440> gas dedicated account sourced from ATV gas dedicated account sourced from ATV gas tax
  • multiple ATV projects throughout St. multiple ATV projects throughout St.
  • Loop ATV Club, and Tom Dherty from the Voyagers Country ATV Club.
  • critical funding from the dedicated ATV account to continue developing the Voyager Country ATV trail
  • construction and ATV use of the route. construction and ATV use of the route.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • gas-powered ATVs.
  • gas-powered ATVs.
  • gas-powered ATVs.
  • gas-powered ATVs.
  • gas-powered ATVs.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/18/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Pittsburgh and there have been ATVs Pittsburgh and there have been ATVs mixed<00:28:04.880> with
  • <00:35:33.720> on miles there's no other ATV trails on miles there's no other ATV trails on
  • <00:50:20.359> Club go online and you look at the ATV Club go online and you look at the ATV
  • The impact of ATV trails is far beyond the corridor.
  • The impact of ATV trails is far beyond the corridor.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent landowners, so I do, but I use an ATV, so I'm not completely anti-ATV.
  • I represent landowners, so I do, but I use an ATV, so I'm not completely anti-ATV.
  • I represent landowners, so I do, but I use an ATV, so I'm not completely anti-ATV.
  • I represent landowners, so I do, but I use an ATV, so I'm not completely anti-ATV.
  • I represent landowners, so I do, but I use an ATV, so I'm not completely anti-ATV.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The meeting was an orientation for the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee, led by Chair Bob Harb. He reviewed committee procedures, including pink cards for witnesses, blue sheets for counts, use of drawers in the committee room, scheduling practices, and how bills would be posted and distributed. Members briefly introduced themselves and explained why they wanted to serve on the committee, with several citing interests in conservation, water quality, outdoor recreation, land use, and related local issues. The committee then opened a hearing on HB 1113, relative to OHRV operation on certain highways within the town of Windsor. Representative Ré Colcombe, the sponsor, explained that the bill would allow local OHV/UTV access across a short section of state road in Windsor so residents on divided portions of town could travel legally between areas. He said the town selectmen were already allowing OHRV use on town roads, the route was paved, traffic impacts were expected to be minimal, and local police had no objections. He also said the town would hold public hearings and notify abutters as required, and that if the select board ultimately opposed the proposal he would recommend killing the bill. Members asked about the legal authority for the change, speed limits, traffic volume, winter maintenance, and whether the Department of Transportation or select board had to approve the route. Colcombe said the town must hold a public hearing and that the change would need to be incorporated into RSA 258:10, section 4. He said the road is maintained by the town in winter and by the state in summer. An opponent, Anne Davis, testified that she opposed the bill, saying ATV use should be treated as a tool for forest management rather than recreation, that law enforcement capacity in Windsor was a concern, and that she believed affected residents should be fully notified before any approval. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.