PUBLIC LAND-SADDLE/PACK ANIMAL Senate SponsorsSen. Gary Forby House Sponsors(Rep. Brandon W. Phelps and William B. Black) 7/2/2010SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0985 New ActCreates the Public Land Pack and Saddle Animal Access Act. Provides that neither the State nor any person may deny an individual's use of a pack or saddle animal on a trail or road for the purpose of gaining access to public land if the public land has been designated by the State as land upon which such an animal may be used. Provides for exceptions. Provides that nothing in these provisions shall be construed to require or encourage the exclusion of pack or saddle animals from trails developed on public land after the effective date of the Act.Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with similar provisions, creating the Public Land Pack and Saddle Animal Access Act, but with changes that include the following: (1) in the definition of "public land", eliminates a provision that the term includes land the acquisition or management of which is funded in whole or in part using State moneys; (2) provides that in maintaining public land, the Department of Natural Resources, or other designated agency, shall preserve and facilitate continued use of and access to public land by pack and saddle animals where such use is currently authorized; (3) provides for a reduction in access to a trail by pack and saddle animals for reasons related to the mission of the Department of Natural Resources or other designated agency; (4) provides that nothing in the provisions concerning trail closure alters or limits the State's authority to implement a temporary emergency closure of a trail or road to pack and saddle animals; (5) eliminates a provision that neither the State nor any person may deny an individual's use of a pack or saddle animal on a trail or road for the purpose of gaining access to public land if the public land has been designated by the State as land upon which such an animal may be used; and (6) eliminates a provision that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require or encourage the exclusion of pack or saddle animals from trails developed on public land after the effective date of the Act. 1/21/2010SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby 1/21/2010SenateFirst Reading 1/21/2010SenateReferred to Assignments 2/10/2010SenateAssigned to Judiciary 2/17/2010SenateRe-referred to Agriculture and Conservation 2/17/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby 2/17/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 2/23/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation 2/23/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Agriculture and Conservation 2/23/2010SenatePostponed - Agriculture and Conservation 3/1/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby 3/1/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments 3/2/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Agriculture and Conservation 3/2/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted 3/3/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Agriculture and Conservation 3/3/2010SenateDo Pass as Amended Agriculture and Conservation; 009-000-000 3/3/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010 3/4/2010SenateSecond Reading 3/4/2010SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 9, 2010 3/8/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments 3/10/2010SenateThird Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 3/10/2010SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) 3/11/2010HouseArrived in House 3/23/2010HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps 3/23/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 3/23/2010HouseFirst Reading 3/23/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/24/2010HouseAssigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee 4/13/2010HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black 4/13/2010HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 013-000-000 4/13/2010HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 4/14/2010HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 4/14/2010HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 4/22/2010HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 113-000-000 4/22/2010SenatePassed Both Houses 5/21/2010SenateSent to the Governor 7/2/2010SenateGovernor Approved 7/2/2010SenateEffective Date January 1, 2011 7/2/2010SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0985