Section 0080-07-01-.06 - TRANSPORTATION: SADDLE AND PACK ANIMALS AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLES(1) The district forester shall designate areas for use by certain types of transportation. Unauthorized off road travel by any means of transportation is prohibited.(2) Riders of saddle and pack animals are: (a) Allowed only on those trails or routes designated for their use, unless the district forester has issued a permit authorizing cross-county travel.(b) Not allowed on paved or main-traveled roadways except where necessary for ingress to and egress from trails or privately owned property.(c) Required to have, in their possession, evidence of a negative test for Equine Infectious Anemia.(3) Riders of motorcycles, trail bikes, all-terrain vehicles, bicycles and other off-road vehicles:(a) Only allowed to use the unpaved roadways and not the public roadways maintained by the Forestry Division designated for their use.(b) Must have properly functioning spark arresters.(c) Must have properly functioning mufflers. No person shall operate a motorized vehicle on any roadway unless such motorized vehicle is equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise.(d) Must use the unpaved roadways and not the public roadways in accordance to speed limits or other notices that may be posted.(4) The district forester shall designate certain roadways and areas for the use by motorcycles, trail bikes, all-terrain vehicles, bicycles and other off-road vehicles provided: (a) These areas are posted for such use and may be used only during daylight hours.(b) The use of unlicensed motorcycles, trail bikes, all-terrain vehicles, bicycles and other off-road vehicles in any area of a state forest is strictly prohibited, except on roadways or trails maintained by the Forestry Division designated and/or posted for specified use(s). The prohibition does not apply to state employees, agents or contactors engaged in official duties or as allowed by the district forester or any permitted use by the district forester for handicapped persons.(5) Motorized vehicle races, motorized vehicle racing or timed motorized vehicle competitions are prohibited in state forests.(6) The operation or riding of any form of transportation in a state forest in a reckless or otherwise unsafe manner is prohibited. Reckless means operating or riding of any form of transportation in a manner to endanger life, limb or safety of others or the property of the state or others.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-07-01-.06
Original rule filed December 6, 2000; effective April 30, 2001. Repeal and new rule filed August 17, 2007; effective December 28, 2007.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-201 et seq.,11-1-101 et seq., 11-4-101 et seq., 44-2-1302, 55-9-302, and Executive Order No. 41 (February 4, 1991).