Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1695
Committee Amendment CA_A_S435 (Senate)
Amends: 12 MRSA §13104

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A to S. P. 649, L.D. 1695, Bill, "An 
Act 
To 
Authorize 
the 
Commissioner 
of 
Inland 
Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife To Allow the Operation of Snowmobiles Registered outside 
the State at Special Events Occurring in the State" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the emergency clause and inserting in its place 
the following: 
• Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by 
PL 2005, c. 456, §1, is amended to read: 
7. 
Snowmobiles 
of 
nonresidents; 
Maine-New 
Hampshire 
Cooperative 
Trails; 
special 
events. 
Except 
as 
specifically 
provided 
in 
this 
subsection 
and 
notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision of law, a snowmobile belonging to a nonresident may be 
possessed or operated by any person in this State as long as the 
snowmobile is properly registered in this State in the name of a 
nonresident owner of the snowmobile. 
Nothing in this subsection 
authorizes the operation of a snowmobile in a manner contrary to 
this chapter. 
A. 
A 
nonresident 
is 
ineligible 
to 
obtain 
a 
resident 
registration for 
a 
snowmobile owned by that nonresident. 
Snowmobiles and grooming equipment registered to federal or 
state entities, snowmobile clubs, municipalities or counties 
from 
bordering states or provinces 
and engaged in trail 
grooming may be operated without being registered under this 
subsection. Snowmobiles registered in either New Hampshire 
or Canada may be operated on any lake or pond that is partly 
in both the State and New Hampshire or Canada without being 
registered in the State. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
B 
lB 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "J'\. to S.P. 649, L.D. 1695 
B. 
A 
snowmobile 
registered 
in this 
State 
or 
in 
New 
Hampshire 
may 
be 
operated 
without 
further 
registration 
requirements on those portions of the Maine-New Hampshire 
Cooperative Trails located in Maine. 
For purposes of this 
paragraph, "Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails" means: 
(1) 
New 
Hampshire 
Trail 
lB 
as 
identified in 
the 
Success Pond - Grafton Notch area; and 
(2) 
Maine Trail 
ITS-BO 
as identified in the Evans 
Notch area of the White Mountain National Forest. 
C. 
Snowmobiles registered in another state or in a Canadian 
province may be operated without a Maine registration at a 
special event or festival organized to occur in this State 
if such operation is approved by the commissioner. 
An event 
or festival organizer must submit a 
reg;uest in writing to 
the commissioner at least 60 days prior to the event or 
festival and shall include a map of trails where operation 
will be allowed. 
The commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the grooming and 
maintenance of the Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails and 
reimbursement or payment for those services. 
The 
rules must 
allow reimbursement for grooming and maintenance services to be 
through direct cash payments by users of the Maine-New Hampshire 
2B 
Cooperative Trails or through in-kind services. 
The costs of 
grooming and maintenance must be based on the average per mile 
costs to Maine and New Hampshire of providing these services. 
Rules adopted pursuant to this 
Fa!:'a~!:'aFR subsection are routine 
technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 
2-A .• 
SUMMARY 
This amendment restructures the bill to conform to the newly 
recodified Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, Part 13. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT