An Act To Provide a Source of Funding for the ATV Recreational Management Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0212
Committee Amendment CA_A_H86 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §10206, 12 MRSA §10267, 12 MRSA §13155

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. If,, to H.P. 175, L.D. 212, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide a Source of Funding for the ATV Recreational Management Fund" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Provide a Source of Funding for the ATV Recreational Management 
Fund and To Establish the ATV Enforcement Fund' 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the provisions of this Act need to become effective before 90 days after 
the adjournment of the First Regular Ses~ion of the 129th Legislature in order for changes 
to all-terrain vehicle registration fees to take effect during 2019; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§1, ,fA, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9 and amended by PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended 
to read: 
A. After administrative costs and the disbursements required under section 1315 5. 
subsection 5, revenues received under the provisions of this Part relating to ATVs, 
including chapter 939, are credited as undedicated revenue to the General Fund 
except that 50% of those revenues is credited to the ATV Recreational Management 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The Legislature 
shall appropriate to the department in each fiscal year an amount equal to the 
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administrative costs incuned by the department in collecting revenue under this 
subsection. 
Those administrative costs must be verified by the Department of 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Department of Administrative and 
Financial Services. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10267 is enacted to read: 
§10267. ATV Enforcement Fund 
1. Fund established. The ATV Enforcement Fund, refened to in this section as "the 
fund," is established in the Bureau of Warden Service to be used by the Game Warden 
Colonel for the purposes established in subsection 2. All funds collected by the 
department pursuant to this section must be deposited in the fund. Unexpended balances 
in the fund at the end of the fiscal year are nonlapsing and must be carried forward to the 
next fiscal year to be used for the same purposes. 
2. Fund uses. The Game Warden Colonel may use money in the fund only for: 
A. Supplementing other funds appropriated to the enforcement operations program; 
B. Regular or overtime personnel services costs of the warden service related to 
enforcement of ATV laws; 
C. Safety or other education programs conducted by the department or authorized by 
the department that are related to the operation of ATVs: or 
D. 
The purchase of equipment or machinery dete1mined by the Game Warden 
Colonel as necessary for effective ATV safety and enforcement activities. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §13155, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 2011, c. 116, 
§ 1 and affected by §2, is amended to read: 
5. Fees. The ATV registration fee is: 
A. For a resident, W $45 annually. The registration for an ATV owned by a 
resident is valid for one year, beginning on July 1st of each year; and 
B. For a nonresident: 
(1) Fifty three Seventy-five dollars for a registration valid for 7 consecutive 
days. A person may purchase more than one 7-day registration in any season; 
and 
(2) Sixty eight Ninety dollars for a registration valid for one year. 
The registration for an A TV owned by a nonresident must specify the dates for which 
the registration is valid. 
Twelve dollars of each fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be deposited in the 
ATV Recreational Management Fund established in section 1893, subsection 2. 
Ten dollars of each fee collected pursuant to paragraph B must be deposited in the ATV 
Enforcement Fund established in section: 10267. 
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
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AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
Off-Road Recreational Vehicles Program Z224 
Initiative: Provides allocations to conduct research on issues related to the management of 
ATVs; to assist in the formation of nonprofit ATV groups; to make grants-in-aid to 
political subdivisions, educational institutions, regional planning agencies, ATV groups 
and others to construct and maintain ATV trails; to purchase equipment; to assist in the 
design and development of ATV trails; to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire interests in 
land, including, but not limited to, fee or easement interests for ATV trails or sport-riding 
facilities; to provide protection to lando"Yners against ATV-related suit or liability; and to 
otherwise provide for the wise and orderly management of ATVs. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND 
FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2019-20 
$867,936 
$867,936 
2019-20 
$867,936 
$867,936 
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF 
ATV Enforcement Fund N308 
2020-21 
$867,936 
$867,936 
2020-21 
$867,936 
$867,936 
Initiative: Provides allocations for personnel services costs, safety and education 
programs and the purchase of equipment or machine1y related to the enforcement of ATV 
laws. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2019-20 
$124,960 
$124,960 
2019-20 
$124,960 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2020-21 
$124,960 
$124,960 
2020-21 
$124,960 
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DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
$124,960 
$124,960 
2019-20 
2020-21 
$992,896 
$992,896 
$992,896 
$992,896 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and adds an emergency preamble, an emergency 
clause and an appropriations and allocations section. It creates the ATV Enforcement 
Fund, which is a nonlapsing fund that is funded with $10 from each nonresident ATV 
registration fee collected. Money from the fund is required to be used for the enforcement 
of ATV laws, ATV education and the purchase of necessary machinery or equipment 
related to ATV safety and enforcement activities. 
Like the bill, this amendment increases the ATV registration fee from $33 to $45 for 
annual registrations for residents. It also increases from $53 to $75 7-day registrations 
for nonresidents and from $68 to $90 for one-year registrations for nonresidents. The 
amendment requires $12 of each registration fee to be deposited in the ATV Recreational 
Management Fund. 
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FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/05/19 .tb.:'ac:. 
LD212 
LR 698(02) 
An Act To Provide a Source of Funding for the ATV Recreational Management Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment r/Jn 0f-f~) 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY2019-20 
FY2020-21 
$992,896 
$992,896 
$992,896 
$992,896 
Projections 
FY2021-22 
$992,896 
$992,896 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$992,896 
$992,896 
This bill will increase ATV registration fees from $33 to $45 for a resident annual registration, $53 to $75 for a 
nonresident seven-day registration and $68 to $90 for a nonresident one year registration. The bill directs $12 of each 
registration to the ATV Recreational Management Fund within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry and $10 of each nonresident registration to the newly established ATV Enforcement Fund within the 
Department ofinland Fisheries and Wildlife. 
Based on current ATV registrations, it is estimated that the registration fee increase will generate an additional 
$992,996 in Other Special Revenue Funds revenue starting in fiscal year 2019-20. This bill includes Other Special 
Revenue Funds allocations of $867,936 to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and of $124,960 
to the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife starting in fiscal year 2019-20 to allow for the expenditure of the 
additional revenue. 
LR0698(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of 1