An Act To Increase Snowmobile Registration Fees
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0823
Committee Amendment CA_A_H245 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §13104

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 559, L.D. 823, Bill, "An Act To 
Increase Snowmobile Registration Fees" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. l. 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: 
A. For residents, m $40. The registration for a snowmobile owned by a resident is 
valid for one year, commencing on July I st of each year. 
B. For nonresidents: 
(1) 
Forty-three dollars for a 3-consecutive-day registration. 
A person may 
purchase more than one 3-day registration in any season; 
(2) 
Fifty-eight dollars for a 10-consecutive-day registration. 
A person may 
purchase more than one 10-day registration in any season; and 
(3) Eighty-eight dollars for a seasonal registration. 
The registration for a snowmobile owned by a nonresident must specity the dates for 
which the registration is valid. 
Five dollars from each registration fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be 
transferred to a special fund administered by the Off-Road Vehicle Division of the 
Bureau 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. 
+we Seven 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. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT'~ ,. to H.P. 559, L.D. 823 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Off-road Recreational Vehicles Program 0224 
Initiative: Provides an allocation of funds from increased resident snowmobile 
registration fees. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2009-10 
$379,540 
$379,540 
2010-11 
$379,540 
$379,540 
This amendment replaces the bill and increases the resident snowmobile registration 
fee by $5 and dedicates that amount to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of 
Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. This amendment also adds an appropriations 
and allocations section to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD823 
LR 1675(02) 
An Act To Increase Snowmobile Registration Fees 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ft' 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
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Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2009-10 
$379,540 
$379,540 
2010-11 
$379,540 
$379,540 
Projections 
2011-12 
$379,540 
$379,540 
Projections 
2012-13 
$379,540 
$379,540 
This legislation proposes to increase the resident snowmobile registration fee by $5, which will increase Other Special 
Revenue Funds revenue by $379,540 beginning in fiscal year 2009-10. The bill includes an Other Special Revenue 
Funds allocation of$379,540 beginning in fiscal year 2009-10 to the Department of Conservation to provide grants to 
counties, municipalities and others for snowmobile trail maintenance. 
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