An Act To Allow Nonprofit Organizations To Operate Snowmobiles as Trail-grooming Equipment
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13113, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 93, §3, are repealed.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13113, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 93, §3, is amended to read:
D. Is performing winter snowmobile trail maintenance by plowing, leveling or compacting snow by use of a front plow or rear attachments that include but are not limited to rollers, compactor bars or trail drags.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §13113, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 93, §3 and amended by PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5 and 7, is further amended to read:
3. Application and issuance. The commissioner may register trail-grooming equipment upon application by the owner if the owner is an a nonprofit organization that has an approved contract for snowmobile trail grooming with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Parks and Public Lands, Off-Road Vehicle Division or a person that can provide proof to the department at the time of application that the person is a member of an organization eligible to register trail-grooming equipment under this section. The commissioner may establish procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
summary
This bill amends the definition of "trail-grooming equipment" in the laws governing snowmobile trails and allows a snowmobile that is owned by a nonprofit organization and used to groom snowmobile trails to be registered as trail-grooming equipment.