An Act To Create the Snowmobile Trail Fund Advisory Council
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0778
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: CLARK, KNEELAND, DUNLAP, GOODWIN, JACKSON, PINEAU, USHER, WATSON, WHEELER, CARPENTER
Amends: 12 MRSA §1893-B

12lst MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 778 
H.P.577 
House of Representatives, February 18,2003 
An Act To Create the Snowmobile Trail Fund Advisory Council 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative CLARK of Millinocket. 
Cosponsored by Senator KNEELAND of Aroostook and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: DUNLAP of Old Town, GOODWIN of Pembroke, JACKSON of Fort Kent, 
PINEAU of Jay, USHER of Westbrook, WATSON of Bath, WHEELER of Kittery, Senator: 
CARPENTER of York. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRS A §12004-I. sub-§3-B is enacted to read: 
3-B. 
Conservation 
Snowmobile 
Trail Fund 
Advisory 
Council 
Legislative 
Per Diem 
and Expenses 
for 
Nonsalaried 
or Nonpaid 
Public 
Members 
MRSA 
§1893-B 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1893-B is enacted to read: 
§1893-B. 
Advisory council established 
1. 
Appointment and composition. 
The Snowmobile Trail Fund 
Advisory Council, referred to in this section as "the advisory 
council" and established by Title 5, section 12004-1, subsection 
3-B, 
consists of 
members. 
The director or the director's 
designee serves as an ex officio member and may vote only to 
break 
a 
tie. 
The 
other 
members 
are 
appointed 
by 
the 
commissioner as follows: 
A. 
Three members who represent snowmobile clubs that are 
Snowmobile Trail Fund grantees; 
B. 
Three members who represent municipal Snowmobile Trail 
Fund grantees; and 
C. 
Two members who represent a statewide organization with 
an interest in snowmobiling. 
2. 
Terms. 
Members of the advisory council serve for 
years and continue serving until a successor is duly appointed 
and qualified. 
A member may not serve more than 2 consecutive 
3-year terms. 
When 
a vacancy 
occurs, 
the commissioner shall 
fill the vacancy by appointing a member from the same category as 
the member 
who vacated the advisory council 
and that member 
continues to serve for the remainder of the term. 
An employee of 
the department may not serve as a member of the advisory council 
prior to the expiration of one year from the employee's last day 
of employment with the department. 
A legislator may not serve as 
a member of the advisory council. 
3. 
Compensation. 
Advisory council members are entitled to 
expenses 
and legislative per 
diem 
as 
provided in Title 
5, 
chapter 379. 
Page I-LR0366(1) 
4. 
Duties. 
The 
advisory council shall provide 
to 
the 
director 
advice 
and 
information 
on 
the 
management 
of 
the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund, including, but not limited to: 
A. 
The 
annual 
establishment of 
reimbursement 
rates 
[01 
snowmobile 
club trail grants, 
municipal 
snowmobile trail 
grants and capital equipment grants; and 
B. 
The approval of expenses that are over $15,000 for the 
snowmobile program pursuant to section 1893 and are not part 
of the regular grant program. 
5. 
Chair: vice-chair. 
The advisory council shall, durinq 
its meeting in May, elect one of its appointed members as chair 
and one of its appointed members as vice-chair for one-year terms. 
6. 
Meetings. 
The advisory council shall hold meetings in 
September and May. 
The advisory council may also meet at other 
times at the call of the chair or the director or the director's 
designee. 
7. 
Public meetings: public comment. 
All meetings of the 
advisory council are open to the public and must be held in a 
location that is convenient for public access. 
Public comment 
must be accepted at meetings of the advisory council. 
Comments 
may be restricted to subjects before the advisory council at the 
meeting 
and 
consistent 
with 
any 
applicable 
requirements 
and 
limitations of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. 
8. 
Public notice. 
Public notice of all advisor:r" council 
meetings 
must 
be 
published in 
a 
daily newspaper 
of 
general 
circulation in the geographic area where the meeting is scheduled 
at least 7 days and not more than 21 days prior to the meeting. 
That notice must include an agenda or statement of purpose of the 
meeting. 
That notice may be combined with any other notice of 
the meeting required by law. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund Advisory 
Council.