An Act To Improve Snowmobiling in the State
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL 2011, c. 129, §1 and amended by c. 657, Pt. W, §§5 and 7, is further amended to read:
(1) Forty-three Fifty dollars for a 3-consecutive-day registration. A person may purchase more than one 3-day registration in any season; and
(1-A) Seventy-five dollars for a 7-consecutive-day registration. A person may purchase more than one 7-day registration in any season; and
(2) Eighty-eight One hundred eight dollars for a seasonal registration.
The registration for a snowmobile owned by a nonresident must specify the dates for which the registration is valid.
A refund of $10 must be given to a person who registers a snowmobile by January 1st.
Five dollars from each registration fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be transferred to a special fund administered by the Off-Road Vehicle Division of the Division of Parks and Public Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The funds must be used to assist any entity that has a snowmobile trail grooming contract with the Division of Parks and Public Lands in the purchase of trail-grooming equipment. The funds also may be used for the repair or overhaul of trail-grooming equipment.
Seven Twenty-seven dollars from each resident and $27 from each nonresident snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Division of Parks and Public Lands.
summary
This bill raises the annual registration fee for a snowmobile for a resident and nonresident by $20 and the 3-consecutive-day nonresident registration fee by $7 and dedicates $27 from each registration to the Snowmobile Trail Fund, under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 1893. The bill also establishes a nonresident 7-consecutive-day registration for $75.