CHAPTER 274
S.P. 450 - L.D. 1424
An Act to Allow ATV Use on Public Lands Not Specifically Designated as Primitive-use Land
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §602, sub-§20, as amended by PL 1991, c. 354, §1, is further amended to read:
20. Management of ATV's. To administer the ATV Recreational Management Fund, established under section 7854, subsection 4, for the purposes given in that subsection. The bureau may promulgate adopt rules, in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II, for the issuance of grants-in-aid from the fund and to further define alpine tundra areas pursuant to section 7851, subsection 5 2-A. The bureau shall establish a policy in which the prudent use of ATV's is allowed and guidelines are set for the limited use of ATV's on certain public lands that are not specifically designated or set aside as primitive-use lands pursuant to law or through rulemaking by the department or set aside for other uses incompatible with the use of ATV's. The policy must be in place no later than June 1, 1998; and
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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