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Subcommittee adopts amendment to increase fines and allow seizure for motorized-vehicle trespass on rural property
Summary
Representative Butler explained an amendment to HB 22-84 that would fine $2,500 for first offenses of cutting fences and trespassing with motorized vehicles on private property and allow seizure of the vehicle on repeat offenses. The committee adopted the amendment and advanced the bill (6 ayes, 1 no).
Representative Butler described a problem in rural districts where property owners have fences cut and off-road "side-by-side" vehicles trespass on private land. The amendment he presented would make the first offense a $2,500 fine with restitution for property damage, require restitution and seizure of the vehicle on a second offense, and clarify the seizure is criminal in nature.
A committee member asked whether the vehicle would be "seized or repossessed," and Butler clarified it would be seized. After adopting amendment code 12956, the committee voted to send HB 22-84, as amended, to full judiciary (6 ayes, 1 no).
