ORV Management Framework Improvements to Facilitate Tourism

Whereas the Off Road Vehicle Act ORV was intended to create safe and more convenient incidental access to public roads and highways to better connect BCs rural communities and support a first-rate ORV trail network and to allow local governments to expand their trail networks to take advantage of economic development opportunities by way of tourism; And whereas the current administrative process to obtain Operation Permits as permitted under the ORV Act is onerous and not conducive to convenient incidental access to trail networks connecting multiple communities as a separate operation permit must be obtained from each jurisdiction: Therefore be it resolved that the following changes to legislation are made: - Only one 1 Operation Permit required for approved access to multiple jurisdictions andor communities, along a connecting designated ORV route and trail network, which can be issued in any of the jurisdictions or communities along the route. - Operation Permits can be issued by local RCMP or local government. - Operation Permit term extended from 2 years to 5 years to align with drivers licence term.