An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1567
Committee Amendment CA_A_H541 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §13106-A, 12 MRSA §13157-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ft,, to H.P. 1063, L.D. 1567, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Regarding the Operation of an All-terrain Vehicle or Snowmobile on a 
Controlled Access Highway" 
Amend the bill in the emergency preamble in the 2nd paragraph in the 2nd line (page 
1, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"rights-of-way" and inserting the 
following: 'right-of-way limits' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13106-A, sub-§3, ,rA, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 
§394 and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
A. A person may operate a snowmobile upon a controlled access highway or within 
the right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway in accordance with this 
paragraph. 
(1) A person on a properly registered snowmobile may cross controlled access 
highways by use of bridges over or roads under those highways, or by use of 
roads crossing controlled access highways at grade. 
(2) 
The Commissioner of Transportation may issue special permits for 
designated crossings of controlled access highways. 
(3) A person on a properly registered snowmobile may operate the snowmobile 
within the right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway on a trail segment 
approved by the Commissioner of Transportation or the board of directors of the 
Maine Turnpike Authority. as applicable. 
At the request of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Conservation and Forestry. the 
Commissioner of Transportation or the board of directors of the Maine Turnpike 
Authority. as applicable. may permit construction of a snowmobile trail within the 
right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Transportation or the Maine Turnpike Authority being constructed on 
or after January 1. 2016 when there is an ability to provide for the continuity of a 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT"A"to H.P. 1063, L.D. 1567 
state-owned or state-controlled network of snowmobile trails. 
Funds for the 
construction of a snowmobile trail under this paragraph may not be provided from the 
Highway Fund. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§3, ,rA, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 
§414 and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
A. A person may not operate an ATV upon a controlled access highway or within the 
right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway, except that: 
(1) 
A person on a properly registered ATV may cross controlled access 
highways by use of bridges over or roads under those highways or by use of 
roads crossing controlled access highways at grade; aad 
(2) 
The Commissioner of Transportation may issue special permits for 
designated crossings of controlled access highways~; and 
(3) A person on a properly registered ATV may operate the ATV within the 
right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway on a trail segment approved by 
the Commissioner of Transportation or the board of directors of the Maine 
Turnpike Authority. as applicable. 
At the request of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. the 
Commissioner of Transportation or the board of directors of the Maine Turnpike 
Authority, as applicable, may permit construction of an ATV trail within the 
right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Transportation or the Maine Turnpike Authority being constructed on 
or after January 1. 2016 when there is an ability to provide for the continuity of a 
state-owned or state-controlled network of ATV trails. Funds for the construction of 
an ATV trail under this paragraph may not be provided from the Highway Fund.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment clarifies that the Department of Transportation or the board of 
directors of the Maine Turnpike Authority, whichever has jurisdiction, may approve trail 
segments and permit the construction of all-terrain vehicle and snowmobile trails within 
the right-of-way limits of controlled access highways being constructed on or after 
January 1, 2016. 
The amendment prohibits funding the construction of those all-terrain vehicle and 
snowmobile trails from the Highway Fund. 
FISCAL NOTE R£Qll1RED 
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LD 1567 
LR 2596(02) 
An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding the Operation of an All-terrain Vehicle or Snowmobile on a 
Controlled Access Highway 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ~" {_H-5 t//) 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Contingent future biennium cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Minor cost increase - Maine Turnpike Authority 
The bill allows the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) to construct snowmobile trails 
and/or ATV trails within the right-of-way limits of a controlled access highway if the Department of Transportation or 
the board of directors of the Maine Turnpike Authority allow it. ACF has indicated that it would incur costs totaling 
$70,000 to $225,000 over approximately 4 years to develop these trails if given pennission to build. Construction, if 
permission were granted, is estimated to staii in fiscal year 2018-19. All costs to ACF will be funded by the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund for snowmobile trails and the ATV Recreational Management Fund for ATV trails. These 
accourits are both within ACF and have sufficient resources to absorb these costs. 
Additional costs to the Depaiiment of Transportation and Maine Turnpike Authority associated with reviewing these 
requests can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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