An Act To Increase Snowmobile Registration Fees
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0823
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: CLARK, CRAFTS, DAVIS, SHAW, WHEELER
Amends: 12 MRSA §13104

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STATE UWV"UBRARY 
AUGUSTA, MAiNE 
124th MAl E LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 823 
H.P. 559 . 
House of Representatives, March 3,2009 
An Act To Increase Snowmobile Registration Fees 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
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. Presented by Representative CLARK of Millinocket. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk· 
Cosponsored by Representatives: CRAFTS of Lisbon, DAVIS of Sangerville, SARTYof 
Denmark, SHAW of Standish, WHEELER of Kittery. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRS A §13104, sub-§l-A is enacted to read: 
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I-A. Operating on trail system. Except as provided in subsection 4, paragraph A, 
subparagraph (2), a person may not operate a snowmobile on a snowmobile trail that is 
funded in whole or in part by the Snowmobile Trail Fund. A person who violates this 
subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of $200 . may be adjudged. One 
hundred dollars from each fine assessed must be transferred to the Snowmobile Trail 
Fund of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2007, c. 556, §3, is further 
amended to read: 
4. Fee. Except as provided in subsection 5, the annual snowmobile registration fee is 
as follows: 
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For residents, $35. The registration for a snov'lmobile ovmed by aresident is 
';alid for OBe year, commeB~iBg on July 1 st of each year.,;, 
(1) Who do not use a snowmobile trail that is funded in whole or in part by the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund, $35; and 
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(2) Who use a snowmobile trail that is· funded in whole or in part by the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund, $50. 
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The registration for a snowmobile owned by a resident is valid for one year, 
commencing on July 1st of each year.·· 
B. 
For nonresidents: 
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(1) Forty-three dollars for a 3-consecutive-day registration. 
A person may 
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purchase more than one 3-day registration in any season; and 
(2) Fifty eight doll,ars for a 10 cOBsecutiv.e day registratioB. 
A persoB may 
DUFchase more thaB OBe 10 day registratioB iB asv seaSOB: aBd . 
. (3) Eighty-eight dollars for a st:asonal registration. 
The registration for a snowmobile owned by a nonresident must specify the dates for 
which the registration is valid. 
Five dollars from each registration fee collected pursuant to this, subsectioB paragraph A, 
subparagraph (1) and paragraph B must be transferred to a special fund administered by 
the Off-Road Vehicle Divisionofthe.Bu~eau of Parks and Lands within the Department 
of Conservation. The funds must be used to assist any entity that has a snowmobile trail-' 
grooming contract with the bureau in the purchase of trail-grooming equipment. 
Two dollars from each resident snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. 
Ten dollars from each registration fee collected pursuant to paragraph A, subparagraph 
(2) must be transferred to the Snowmobile Trial Fund of the Department of Conservation, 
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Bureau of Parks and Lands and $1 must be transferred to the Support Landowners 
Program in section 10108, subsection 4, paragraph A. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes a sflOwmobile nontrail registration for'anglers, trappers and other 
snowmobilers who do not use a snowmobile trail that is. funded in whole or in part by the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund.' The bill also increases the snowmobile registration fee for a 
resident from $35 to $50. The bill deletes the 10-day nonresident registration option. The 
bill also makes it a civil vi'olation for a person to operate a snowmobile on a snowmobile 
trail that is' funded in whole or iripart by the Snowmobile Trail Fund if the person does 
not have a groomed trail system snowmobile registration and sets a fine of $200 for that 
violation,