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The Most Comprehensive Motorized Access Advocacy Resource For Arizona.
This workshop is a guide to asserting your fundamental right to way over federal land. This is the most comprehensive collection of motorized access information to public lands in Arizona.
Even if you already know about Revised Statute 2477, we highly recommend browsing our various documents.
Chapter #1
Learn the truth about Revised Statute 2477 and get primed for the workshop.
Chapter #2
Federal law makes all actions by federal land managers subject to RS 2477 rights-of-way.
Chapter #3
State law determines the validity, recognition, and management.
Chapter #4
State law grants rights to local subdivisions to maintain and guarantee access to RS 2477 rights-of-way.
Chapter #5
RS 2477 applies to roads on private property if the road existed prior to the original land patent.
Chapter #6
From violations of state law by public land users to settling RS 2477 disputes, these are the remedies.
Chapter #7
State law requires a formal process by the county board of supervisors to close an RS 2477 right-of-way.
Chapter #8
Revised Statute 2477 rights-of-way are essential for free speech communication and commerce.
Chapter #9
The US Constitution limits the Executive and Judicial privileges of the federal government.
Move to the next page for an introduction to RS 2477
1865 – The Mining Act of 1865 is written and introduced by Senator William M. Stewart from Nevada.
1870 – An amendment is proposed to grant special rights for the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada.
1870 – The founder of The Mining Act of 1865 opposes the proposed amendment and provides valuable insight into the legislative intent of RS 2477.
1976 – The Federal Land Policy Management Act, otherwise known as the BLM Organic Act, established the Bureau of Land Management multiple use mandate and repealed the Mining Act of 1865.
1995 – The RS 2477 Settlement Act was introduced to settle disputes between the states and the Federal Government concerning RS 2477 roads, but failed to become law.
1992-1997 – The US Congress include prohibitions in the annual Appropriations Act to prohibit federal agencies from establishing any rule or regulation pertaining to the validity, recognition or management of RS 2477 rights-of-way without the express authorization of the US Congress.
1997 – The Comptroller General issued an opinion that made section 108 of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act permanent law.
2003 – The Government Accounting Office issued a second opinion re-enforcing Decision B-277719 concerning a memorandum of understanding between the State of Utah and the Bureau of Land Management.