An Act Regarding Snowmobile Registration Fees
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1252
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: HEAD, HAMPER, DOLLOFF, HANINGTON, PERKINS, PRESCOTT
Amends: 12 MRSA §10206, 12 MRSA §13104

Legislative Document
No. 1252
H.P. 913
House of Representatives, March 14, 2019
An Act Regarding Snowmobile Registration Fees
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HEAD of Bethel.
Cosponsored by Senator HAMPER of Oxford and
Representatives: DOLLOFF of Rumford, HANINGTON of Lincoln, PERKINS of Oakland, 
PRESCOTT of Waterboro.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §10206, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 556, §1; PL 
2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5 and 7; and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24, is further amended to 
read:
A.  After the transfers provided in section 13104, subsection subsections 4 and 4-A, 
the snowmobile and trail-grooming equipment registration fee for residents collected 
under chapter 937 is credited as follows:
(1)  Twenty-two percent is credited to the General Fund as undedicated revenue;
(2)  Fifty-two percent is credited to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and 
Lands; and
(3)  Twenty-six percent is annually distributed to the municipality of the owner's 
residence as shown on the owner's registration certificate, except that in 
unorganized territory, 26% is annually distributed to the county of the owner's 
residence as shown on the owner's registration certificate and credited to the 
unorganized territory fund of that county established in Title 30-A, section 7502.
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §10206, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2007, c. 556, §2; PL 
2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5 and 7; and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24, is further amended to 
read:
B.  After the transfers provided in section 13104, subsection subsections 4 and 4-A, 
the snowmobile registration fee for nonresidents collected under chapter 937 is 
credited as follows.
(1)  Eighteen percent is credited to the General Fund as undedicated revenue.
(2)  Seven percent is credited to the Snowmobile Enforcement Fund established 
under section 10258.
(3)  The remainder is credited to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department 
of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands.
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §13104, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2015, c. 237, §2, is further 
amended to read:
4.  Fee.  Except In addition to the fee described in subsection 4-A and except as 
provided in subsection 5, the annual snowmobile registration fee is as follows:
A.  For residents, $45.  The registration for a snowmobile owned by a resident is 
valid for one year, commencing on July 1st of each year; and
B.  For nonresidents:
(1)  Forty-nine dollars for a 3-consecutive-day registration.  A person may 
purchase more than one 3-day registration in any season; 
(2)  Ninety-nine dollars for a seasonal registration; and
(3)  Seventy-five dollars for a 10-consecutive-day registration.  A person may 
purchase more than one 10-day registration in any season.
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 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 Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry.  The funds must be used to assist any entity that has a snowmobile trail 
grooming contract with the Bureau of Parks and Lands in the purchase of trail-grooming 
equipment.  The funds also may be used for the repair or overhaul of trail-grooming 
equipment.
Twelve dollars from each resident snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the 
Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 
Bureau of Parks and Lands.
Six dollars from each nonresident 3-day snowmobile registration fee, $6 from each 
nonresident 10-day snowmobile registration fee and $11 from each nonresident seasonal 
snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands.
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §13104, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:
4-A.  Additional fee.  In addition to the annual registration fee described in 
subsection 4 and except as provided in subsection 5, the annual additional snowmobile 
registration fee, to be paid at the same time as the annual registration fee, is as follows:
A.  For a resident, $30, unless the resident can show proof of membership in a 
snowmobile club in the State;
B.  For a resident family residing in the same household, $30 for up to 4 
snowmobiles, unless each member of the family can show proof of membership in a 
snowmobile club in the State; and
C.  For nonresidents, $30, unless the nonresident can show proof of membership in a 
snowmobile club in the State.
Twenty dollars from each fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be transferred to 
the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 
Bureau of Parks and Lands.
Ten dollars from each fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be transferred to the 
Snowmobile Enforcement Fund established in section 10258.
For purposes of this subsection, "family" includes a spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, 
parent, grandparent, stepparent, brother, sister, half-sister, half-brother or adopted child.
SUMMARY
This bill requires an annual additional $30 snowmobile registration fee, unless the 
registrant can show proof of membership in a snowmobile club in the State. It specifies 
that for a resident family residing in the same household the additional fee is $30 for up 
to 4 snowmobiles. Lastly, it requires the transfer of $20 collected from this additional fee 
to the Snowmobile Trail Fund and the transfer of $10 collected from this additional fee to 
the Snowmobile Enforcement Fund.