An Act Regarding All-terrain Vehicle Registration
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1912
Committee Amendment CA_A_S186 (Senate)

Majority 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "If" to S.P. 712, L.D. 1912, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding All-terrain Vehicle Registration" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Develop the Outdoor Licensed Network' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Development and implementation plan for Outdoor Licensed 
Network. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, referred to 
in this resolve as "the department," in consultation with the Department of Conservation 
shall develop a plan to create and implement the Outdoor Licensed Network, referred to 
in this resolve as "the network," to acquire, preserve and enhance access to land and 
inland waters of the State, to ensure coordinated planning for the future use and 
preservation of access for activities licensed by the department and to provide an 
effective grassroots system to identify, secure and manage access on an ongoing basis; 
and be it further 
Sec. 2. Plan to establish network sections and districts. Resolved: That the 
department, in consultation with the Department of Conservation, shall develop a plan to 
establish and implement 14 network sections and 95 network districts as are designated 
for the Maine Warden Service. Network districts must be designed to encompass existing 
fish and game clubs or create new clubs or network committees within each network 
district. Fish and game clubs or network committees must be utilized for the purpose of 
identifying, monitoring and prioritizing information on land within each network district 
that may be available for acquisition or other access for the network and to keep records 
on current landowner access agreements and to deal with landowner issues. The plan 
must be designed to allow fish and game clubs or network committees within each 
network district to apply for grants related to land access. The plan must consider having 
wardens within corresponding network sections or network districts attend monthly 
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meetings held by the fish and game clubs or network committees to provide and receive 
information on landowner issues and complaints; and be it further 
Sec. 3. 
Additional considerations. 
Resolved: 
That the department, in 
consultation with the Department of Conservation, in addition to the other requirements 
of this resolve, shall include in the plan developed pursuant to section 2 the following: 
1. A contact for each network district; 
2. The establishment of a land and water grant program to which a network district 
may apply for purposes of the network; 
3. The development of software that network districts can use to get information 
about parcels of land, including, but not limited to, identifying land use and landowners 
and tracking landowner access permission; 
4. 
The development of a standardized designation of activities within network 
districts, including, but not limited to, activities related to conservation, forestry, fishery, 
Maine Warden Service and all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles; and 
5. The negotiation of liability insurance for all network districts to include fish and 
game clubs, all-terrain vehicle clubs and snowmobile clubs that is self-funded through the 
State; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Funding sources. Resolved: That the department, in consultation with 
the Department of Conservation, shall develop a plan to identify and secure funding 
sources for the purposes of the network, including, but not limited to, all license, permit 
and registration fees administered by the department; and be it further 
Sec. 5. 
Network Advisory Council. Resolved: 
That the department in 
consultation with the Department of Conservation shall develop a plan to establish and 
implement the Network Advisory Council with membership representing each of the 
network sections to at a minimum: 
1. Provide grants from a network fund; 
2. Aid fish and game clubs or network committees with the start-up process; 
3. Implement agreements in network sections or network districts; 
4. 
Establish or attend meetings within the network sections or network districts 
including at least a quarterly meeting for all outdoor licensed activity groups within each 
section that can also be attended by a sergeant from the Maine Warden Service; and 
5. Work on large-scale land access agreements or acquisitions; and be it further 
Sec. 6. 
Consultation with the Joint Standing Committee on Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife. Resolved: That the department shall provide update reports 
to and consult with the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife at that 
committee's authorized meetings before the Second Regular Session of the 123rd 
Legislature regarding the subject matter of this resolve; and be it further 
Sec. 7. Report. Resolved: That the department shall report back its findings and 
recommendations including suggested legislation to implement its recommendations to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife no later than January 15, 
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2008. 
The Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife may submit 
legislation to the Second Regular Session of the I23rd Legislature pertaining to the 
findings and recommendations of the department's report.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve that directs the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife in consultation with the Department of Conservation and the Joint 
Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to develop a plan to create and 
implement the Outdoor Licensed Network to acquire, preserve and enhance access to 
land and inland waters of the State, to ensure coordinated planning for the future use and 
preservation of access for activities licensed by the department and to provide an 
effective grassroots system to identify, secure and manage access on an ongoing basis. 
The resolve provides that the plan must include provisions to divide the State into 
sections and districts designed to encompass fish and game clubs or similar entities and 
that those entities must be utilized for the purpose of identifying, monitoring and 
prioritizing information on land within each district that may be available for acquisition 
or other access and to deal with landowner issues. The resolve also provides that the plan 
must establish the Network Advisory Council to aid fish and game clubs engaged in 
activities regarding the network and requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife to report back its findings and recommendations to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife by January 15,2008. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/30107 
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LD 1912 
LR 2651(02) 
An Act Regarding All-terrain Vehicle Registration 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A " 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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