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Local Group Opposes ATV Legislation
The Connecticut Forest and Park Association, located in Rockfall, is urging Gov. Malloy to veto a bill recently passed that could open state land to ATV riders.
Environmental groups are hoping to convince Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to veto legislation they say could lead to the use of all-terrain vehicles on state-owned land, according to reports.
One of those groups, the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, is located in Rockfall.
"That's an issue we think deserves a large discussion before it's implemented, not a last minute rat," Hammerling told NBC Connecticut in an interview about the bill.
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According to the reports, lawmakers nearing the end of this year's legislative session amended a bill to require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to carry out a 2002 policy that would potentially open state land to ATV use.
Currently, it's illegal to drive an ATV on state land.
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Gov. Malloy is reviewing the bill, which if signed into law would take effect July 1, 2014, the reports say.
Earlier this year, Durham's conservation commission considered toughening the town's ATV ban and increasing fines.
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