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Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13113, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 93, §3, are repealed.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.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 126th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.