Hello Trail Blazers,
I was waiting for some more good news today, but I will share what I have so far.
Our OHV Specialty License Bill passed and is ready for the Gov’s signature! See attached. It was lumped into the Omnibus LP Bill, see paragraph 19 & 20. We will need to get 1000 TN OHV’ers to purchase the Specialty Plates within one year of becoming a law before they will go into production. The cost will be $35 ($70 for personalized OHV plates). This cost is separate from your license plate renewal fee and the first year will be collected by TOHVA and submitted when 1000 plates have been purchased. 50% of that cost will go to TOHVA to further the creation of a statewide system of trails and OHV educational programs. As far as I am concerned, the funnest (is that a word?) part of the equation is coming up with the new design…attn all OHV loving graphic designers! More details to follow once TOHVA comes up with gameplan. If you have a moment, send a shout out to Sen. Stewart (sen.eric.stewart@capitol.tn.gov) and Rep. Matheny (rep.judd.matheny@capitol.tn.gov) and say THANKS!
HB2109/SB2102 OHV Liability Tort Reform (see attached) snuck under the radar and made it thru both legislative bodies and ended up on Calendar today. The Senate and House sponsors could not agree on Amendment #2 (www.capitol.tn.gov HB2109 for details), so it has been assigned to Conference Committee for them to duke it out. On the House side Rep. Floyd, Fincher and McCord have been appointed. I don’t have the Senate appointees. Once they figure it out, it will be sent to the Governor to be signed and made a law. This Liability Bill is not exactly what we wanted with our initial bill, but it takes a liability load off the land owner for OHV activities. A definite step in the right direction!! Rep. Floyd and Sen. Watson were the Prime sponsors (both from Chattanooga area). Many thanks for all their hard work (rep.richard.floyd@capitol.tn.gov and sen.bo.watson@capitol.tn.gov for thank you notes!).
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Hope everyone is preparing for 4th of July activities and will be riding in this year’s parades!
Most Elections are next year, hope many of y’all are looking to run for local offices!!
Take a look at this link and see what a bunch of local people did with their Vision. Why not make your county an OHV mecca? http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-0517-paducahmay17,0,2703025.story?page=2
Onward Ho!
M
Iva Michelle Russell
Exec. Director, OHV4TN
A Citizen Lobbyist Organization
931-924-7877
iva@ivamichellerussell.com
www.ohv4tn.org
www.facebook.com/ohv4tn
www.ohv4tn.blogspot.com
The mission of the OHV4TN organization is to be the legislative advocate for the 880,000+ Off-Highway Vehicle users in the state of Tennessee. OHV4TN is dedicated to the creation of a diverse statewide system of sustainable OHV trails in Tennessee for current and future generations of OHV users.
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