An Act To Establish the Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1688
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: BRYANT, MUSE, CEBRA, PATRICK, TRAHAN, WATSON, WHEELER
Amends: 12 MRSA §13104

Legislative Document 
No. 1688 
S.P.635 
In Senate, June 8, 2005 
An Act To Establish the Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator BRYANT of Oxford. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Cosponsored by Representative MUSE of Fryeburg and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Representatives: CEBRA of Naples, PATRICK of Rumford, TRAHAN of Waldoboro, 
WATSON of Bath, WHEELER of Kittery. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2005, c. 1, 
§2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
7. 
Sno1fl!lObiles 
of 
nonresidents: 
Maine-Bew 
Hampshire 
Coqperatiye Trails. 
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. 
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 
as 
identified in the 
Success Pond - Grafton Notch area: and 
(2) 
Maine Trail ITS-80 as identified in the Evans 
Notch area of the White Mountain National Forest. 
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 
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 paragraph are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5. chapter 375. subchapter 2-A • 
. Page 1-LR2415 (1) 
Sec. 2. Signs on Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails. 
The 
Director of the Off-Road Vehicle Division of the Bureau of Parks 
and Lands within the Department of Conservation shall work with 
the director of New Hampshire's snowmobile program to develop and 
place 
signs 
clearly 
identifying 
the 
Maine-New 
Hampshire 
Cooperative Trails as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 12, section 13104, subsection 7. 
SUMMARY 
This bill designates 2 trails in Maine and New Hampshire as 
the 
Maine-New 
Hampshire 
Cooperative 
Trails 
and 
allows 
a 
snowmobile registered in either Maine or New Hampshire to be 
operated on the portion of those trails located in Maine. 
This bill requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife to adopt rules regarding the grooming and maintenance of 
the 
Maine-New 
Hampshire 
Cooperative 
Trails 
and 
payment 
or 
reimbursement for those services by users of the trails based on 
the average per mile cost of providing those services by Maine 
and New Hampshire. 
This bill requires the Director of the Off-Road Vehicle 
Division of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department 
of Conservation to work with the director of New Hampshire's 
snowmobile program to develop and place signs clearly identifying 
the Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails.