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Committee backs Shelly bill to protect longstanding access across Class D roads and allow wildlife closures on state lands
Summary
The House Transportation Standing Committee adopted First Substitute HB 444 to clarify access over Class D roads, preserve historic public access to public lands and private lots, and let the Division of Wildlife Resources close roads on wildlife management areas when needed. The committee voted to favorably recommend the measure by voice vote (11 Aye).
Representative Troy Shelly told the House Transportation Standing Committee that First Substitute HB 444 clarifies when low‑standard “Class D” roads remain open for public access and when landowners may close them.
Shelly said the bill prevents individual landowners from gating routes that have historically been used to access public lands or other private parcels, and adds language allowing the Division of Wildlife Resources to permanently close roads on wildlife management areas to protect sensitive habitat. “It prevents an individual from closing a road on their private property that has always been used to access the public…
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