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(1) Eighteen percent is credited to the General Fund as
undedicated revenue.

 
(1-A) Seven percent is credited to the Snowmobile
Enforcement Fund established under section 7824-G.

 
(2) The remainder is credited to the Snowmobile Trail
Fund of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of
Parks and Lands.

 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7824, sub-§8, ¶D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 471, Pt.
E, §3 and affected by §4, is further amended to read:

 
D. Whoever obtains an original resident snowmobile
registration after March 31st, may pay $37.50 $72.50 and
receive a registration covering the remainder of the
registration period plus one additional year.

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7854, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 690, Pt. A,
§13 and affected by §18, is further amended to read:

 
3. Fee. The annual registration fee for an ATV is $17 $52
for a resident and $35 $70 for a nonresident.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §7854, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:

 
3-A. Rebate.__A person who is a member of a snowmobile club
may apply to the commissioner within 10 days after registering
an ATV for a rebate of $25.__If the commissioner receives
satisfactory evidence that the person is a member of a
snowmobile club, the commissioner shall issue the rebate to
the applicant.

 
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §7854, sub-§4, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 690, Pt.
A, §14 and affected by §18, is further amended to read:

 
A. Thirty-five dollars of each registration fee or $10 in the
case of a registration fee of which $25 has been rebated
pursuant to subsection 3-A__is credited to the Snowmobile
Trail Fund of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks
and Lands. After administrative costs, all other revenues
received under this subchapter 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 Conservation. The Legislature shall appropriate
to the department in each fiscal year an amount equal to the
administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting
revenue under this subsection. Those administrative costs
must be verified by


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