When a law enforcement officer issues a summons for a violation under this subchapter, the officer may impound the ATV operated by the person who received the summons if, in the judgment of the officer, based on actual previous offenses by the operator or other considerations, the operator will continue to operate the vehicle in violation and such operation may be a hazard to the safety of persons or property. A law enforcement officer may impound an ATV used in violation of section 7857, subsections 1 to 5 or 23 based solely on that violation.

Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§12, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §88 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is amended to read:

C. Chapter 715, subchapter IV 4 violations:

(1) Operating an unregistered ATV as described in section 7857, subsection 1;

(2) Failure to display ATV registration numbers as described in section 7857, subsection 1-A;

(3) Operating an ATV upon a controlled access highway as described in section 7857, subsection 2;

(4) Unlawfully operating an ATV on a snowmobile trail as described in section 7857, subsection 3;

(5) Unlawfully operating an ATV on a private road as described in section 7857, subsection 4;

(6) Operating an ATV on a public way as described in section 7857, subsection 5;

(7) Failure to stop an ATV before entering a public way as described in section 7857, subsection 6;

(8) Failure to yield the right-of-way while operating an ATV as described in section 7857, subsection 7;

(9) Crossing a closed bridge, culvert, overpass or underpass with an ATV as described in section 7857, subsection 8;

(10) Operating an ATV while under age as described in section 7857, subsection 13;