An Act To Distribute Fees from All-terrain Vehicle Registrations
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0980
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: MOODY, FINCH
Amends: 12 MRSA §10203, 12 MRSA §10206, 12 MRSA §13155

Legislative Document 
No. 980 
H.P.690 
House of Representatives, February 24,2005 
An Act To Distribute Fees from All-terrain Vehicle Registrations 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative MOODY of Manchester. 
Cosponsored by Representative FINCH of Fairfield. 
Printed PH recyr.::led paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Emergency preamble. Whereas. acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, 
a 
fee 
of 
$3 
is 
currently 
imposed 
on 
the 
registration of ATVs in addition to the regular registration fee; 
and 
Whereas, the 
fee 
is 
used 
to 
fund 
the 
ATV 
Recreational 
Management Fund of the Department of Conservation; and 
Whereas. the temporary fee is scheduled to end June 
30, 
2005; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety; now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10203. sub-§I, 1[A, as affected by PL 2003, c. 
614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §46 and affected by §422, 
is further am~nded to read: 
A. 
All fees, fines, penalties and officers' costs and all 
other money received, collected or recovered by the court or 
the department under 
any provisions of this Part except 
section 10206, 
subsections 
± 
I-A 
and 
3; 
section 10259; 
section 10353, 
subsection 3; 
section 11157; 
chapter 925, 
subchapter 3; and chapter 929; 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10206. sub-§I, as affected by PL 2003, c. 
614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §47 and affected by §422 
and amended by c. 695, Pt. B, §3 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec.3. 12 MRS A §10206, sub-§I-A is enacted to read: 
I-A. 
All-terrain vehicle revenues. The Legislature shall 
appropriate to the department in each fiscal year an amount egual 
to 
the 
administrative 
costs 
incurred 
by 
the 
department 
in 
collecting 
revenue 
under 
this 
subsection. 
The 
department's 
administrative 
costs 
must 
be 
verified by 
the 
Department 
of 
Conservation and the Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services. 
A. 
The all terrain vehicle registration fee for residents 
collected under chapter 939 is credited as follows. 
l() 
l l5 
(1) Twenty-two percent is credited to the General Fund 
as undedicated revenue. 
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Recreational 
Management 
Fund established in section 
1893, subsection 2. 
(3) Twenty-six percent is distributed annually to the 
municipality of the owner's residence as shown on the 
owner's registration certificate, except that in the 
unorganized territory, 
26°~ is distributed annually to 
the county of the owner's residence as shown on the 
owner's registration certificate and credited to 
th~ 
unorganized territory fund of that county established 
in Title 30-A, section 7502. 
B. The all-terrain vehicle registration fee for nonresidents 
collected under chapter 939 is credited as follows. 
(1) Eighteen percent is credited to the General Fund as 
undedicated revenue. 
( 2) 
Seven percent is credited to the ATV Enforcement 
Grant Program Fund established under 
section 10322, 
subsection 2. 
( 3) 
Seventy-five 
percent 
is 
credited 
to 
the 
ATV 
Recreational 
Management 
Fund 
1893, subsection 2. 
established in section 
C. 
The 
annual 
fee 
for each all-terrain vehicle dealer's 
number plate issued pursuant to section 13160 is credited as 
follows: 
(1) Thirty percent is credited to the General Fund as 
undedicated revenue; and 
(2) Seventy percent is credited to the ATV Recreational 
Management Fund established in section 1893, subsection 
h 
D. 
Notwithstanding 
received under 
the 
all-terrain vehicles 
paragraphs 
A to 
C 
any 
law 
to 
the contrary, 
all money 
provisions of this Part relating to 
other than that credited pursuant to 
is credited to 
the 
General 
Fund 
as 
'HI 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §13155. sub-§5. as affected by PL 2003, c. 
614, §9 and amended by c. 695, Pt. B, @13 and affected by Pt. C, 
§l, is further amended to read: 
5. 
Fees. 
The annual registration fee for an ATV is $11 ~ 
for a resident and $~§ ~ 
for a nonresident. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect July 1, 2005. 
B 
SUMMARY 
(0 
Currently, 
an additional 
$3 
temporary fee, 
scheduled to 
expire June 30, 2005, is imposed on the registrations of ATVs; 
the fee is dedicated to the ATV Recreational Management Fund in 
the Department of Conservation. 
This bill makes the additional fee permanent by increasing 
the annual ATV registration fee for residents to $20 and for 
nonresidents to $38. 
This bill also distributes all revenue 
generated from the registration of ATVs in a manner similar to 
the distribution of revenue from the registration of snowmobiles.