An Act To Change Snowmobile Registration Requirements
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0250
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: BRYANT, JACKSON, DAMON, PATRICK, RICHARDSON, WHEELER
Amends: 12 MRSA §13104, 12 MRSA §13106-B

Legislative Document 
No. 250 
S.P.87 
January 18,2007 
An Act To Change Snowmobile Registration Requirements 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Senator BRYANT of Oxford. 
Cosponsored by Representative JACKSON of Allagash and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senator: DAMON of Hancock, Representatives: BRYANT of Windham, PATRICK of 
Rumford, RICHARDSON of Carmel, WHEELER of Kittery. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§I, ~C, as amended by PL 2005, c. 1, § 1, is 
further amended to read: 
C. 
Snowmobiles owned and operated in this State by the Federal Government, the 
State or a political subdivision of the State are exempt from registration fees eut fRust 
be Fegisteree aRe FeEluiree te eisplay Rumeers. 
Sec.2. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
2. Application and issuance. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee 
may register liRe assiga a registratieR RUfReer te all snowmobiles upon application and 
payment of a registration fee by the owner. The commissioner shall charge a fee of $1 
for each registration issued by department employees. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§10, ~C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
C. 
If there is a change of ownership of a snowmobile for which a registration has 
previously been issued, the new owner shall apply for a new registration, shall set 
furtA ilie erigiRal Rumeer iR the applieatieR and shall pay the regular fee for the 
particular snowmobile involved. 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§12-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 
§389 and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
12-A. Registration certificate; inspection and display. The following provisions 
apply to registration certificates aRe RUfReers. 
A. 
A person shall: 
(1) Provide a registration certificate for inspection by any law enforcement 
officer on demand;-aad .:. 
(2) Display a registratieR RUfReer assigRee te a sRe'NfReeile iR sueh farm aRe 
fRaftfter as ilie eefRfRissieRer fRay eetermiRe, eKeept that aR aRtiElue sRewfRebile 
is Ret FeEluiree te eispl~r registratieR RUfReers. 
B. 
The following penalties apply to violations of this subsection. 
(1) A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a 
fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged. 
(2) A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as 
having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-
year period commits a Class E crime. 
Sec. 6. 
MRSA §13106-B, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 436, §6, is 
amended to read: 
2. Provide information to injured party. The operator or a person acting on behalf 
of the operator of a snowmobile involved in an accident shall provide to an injured person 
or the operator or an occupant of any other snowmobile involved in the accident: 
A. 
The operator's name and addresst-and.:. 
B. 
The registration number of the operator's sno\\'fRobile. 
SUMMARY 
This bill streamlines snowmobile registration by eliminating the current use of 
permanent registration numbers.