An Act To Authorize 3-day All-terrain Vehicle Registration Reciprocity with the Provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0191
Committee Amendment CA_A_H90 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §13104, 12 MRSA §13155

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 147, L.D. 191, Bill, "An Act To 
Authorize 3-day All-terrain Vehicle Registration Reciprocity with the Provinces of New 
Brunswick and Quebec" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Allow Open Snowmobile and All-terrain Vehicle Weekends and Events' 
Amend the bill by striking out eve1ything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§7, 1E is enacted to read: 
E. The commissioner may annually establish one 3-consecutive-day period, 2 days 
of which are weekend days, during which a nonresident may operate in the State a 
snowmobile that is not registered in this State if the nonresident's snowmobile has a 
valid registration from another state or a Canadian province. 
Sec. 2. 
MRSA §13104, sub-§16, as coITected by RR 2015, c. 2, §8, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §13155, sub-§1-A, 1A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 184, §2, is 
fmther amended to read: 
A. The following exceptions apply. 
( 1) Registration is not required for an A TV operated on land on which the owner 
lives or on land on which the owner is domiciled, as long as the ATV is not 
operated elsewhere within the jurisdiction of the State. 
(2) Registration is not required for an ATV operated by a commercial ski area 
for the purpose of packing snow or for rescue operations on the commercial ski 
area, unless the ATV is required to cross a public way during that operation. 
(3) An A TV owned and operated in the State by the Federal Govemment, the 
State or a political subdivision of the State is exempt from registration fees but 
must be registered and is required to display registration numbers. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT J1" to 11.P. 147, L.D. 191 
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(4) An ATV registration for the farm use specified in Title 29-A, section 501, 
subsection 8, paragraph E is not required for a vehicle registered with the 
Secretary of State under Title 29-A, section 501, subsection 8. 
(5) 
An ATV registered in another state or in a Canadian province may be 
operated without being registered pursuant to this section at a special event 
organized to occur in this State if the special event organizer submits a request in 
writing to the commissioner 60 days prior to the special event and provides the 
commissioner with a map of the trails to be used during the special event and the 
commissioner approves the request. 
( 6) 
An A TV owned or under the control of an A TV manufacturer may be 
operated without a Maine registration at a demonstration event organized to 
occur in this State if such operation is approved by the commissioner. An ATV 
manufacturer or a representative of an A TV manufacturer must submit a request 
in writing to the commissioner at least 60 days prior to the demonstration event 
and shall include a description and the location of the event. 
(7) The commissioner may annually establish one 3-consecutive-day period, 2 
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days of which are weekend days, during which a nonresident may operate in the 
State an A TV that is not registered in this State if the nonresident's A TV has a 
valid registration from another state or a Canadian province.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment repeals the provision of law that 
allows a snowmobile registered in another state or the Canadian province of New 
Brunswick or Quebec to operate in Maine for at least 3 consecutive days without being 
registered in this State if that other state or province extends that reciprocity to a 
snowmobile registered in this State. Instead, this amendment allows the Commissioner of 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish one 3-day period annually during which a 
nonresident may operate in Maine a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle registered in 
another state or any Canadian province. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/13/17 feac. 
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LD 191 
LR 395(02) 
An Act To Authorize 3-day All-terrain Vehicle Registration Reciprocity with the Provinces of New 
Brunswick and Quebec 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,/{\, CH -9r} 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue decrease - General Fund 
Minor revenue decrease - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The bill allows a nonresident having a valid all-terrain vehicle (A TV) registration from another US state or Canadian 
province to operate their A TV in this State, without obtaining state registration, during an annual 3-day weekend 
established by the Commissioner oflnland Fisheries and Wildlife. Any loss ofrevenue to the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Department oflnland Fisheries and Wildlife is expected to be minor 
and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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