LD 1912
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LR 2788
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7. Require visible identification on both the front and rear of
all ATVs. Violation of this provision would be a civil violation
subject to a $100 to $500 fine;

 
8. Add rivers, brooks, streams, great ponds, nonforested
wetlands, vernal pools and source water protection areas of
public drinking water supplies to the list of areas where ATV
operation is prohibited. This prohibition must have an exception
allowing for needed maintenance and management authorized by the
landowner;

 
9. Increase the penalty for failure of an ATV operator to
stop for a law enforcement officer to a Class D crime with a
mandatory $1,000 fine. Attempting to elude a law enforcement
officer would raise the violation to a Class C crime;

 
10. Establish accident forms that individuals may fill out
themselves for ATV accidents involving minor personal injury;

 
11. Add destruction of signs and posted notices to the
current provision regarding abuse of another person's property by
an ATV operator;

 
12. Prohibit a child under 10 years of age from operating an
ATV, unless it is on land owned by the child's parents,
grandparents or guardian, or the child is at an approved ATV
safety-training site;

 
13. Require a parent or guardian to attend ATV training with
children 15 years of age or under;

 
14. Require mandatory safety and ethics training, or repeat
training, for all ATV operators who are convicted of the most
serious ATV offenses, such as OUI, driving to endanger and
criminal trespass, and ethics training for those who commit less
serious ATV offenses; and give the Commissioner of Inland
Fisheries and Wildlife the authority to revoke any department
license, registration or safety certificate of a person who does
not comply;

 
15. Create a legislative study group to review and, if
necessary, modify statutes so that allowing public recreational
access for ATV operators does not compromise landowners' rights;

 
16. Authorize an ATV task force or create an ATV advisory
committee that includes representatives of state agencies,
Legislators and outdoor organizations to continue efforts to
resolve ATV problems;


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