5. Fees. The annual registration fee for an ATV is $17 for a resident and $35 for a nonresident.

After March 31st, a person may pay a registration fee of $21.25 for residents and $43.75 for nonresidents and receive a registration covering the remainder of the registration period plus one additional year.

Sec. B-14. 12 MRSA §13156-A is enacted to read:

§13156-A.__Findings

The Legislature finds that activities associated with ATVs constitute a more intrusive use of private property open to recreational use by the public than do other recreational activities, and that abusive uses of ATVs puts access to private property for recreational use at risk.

Sec. B-15. 12 MRSA §13157, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed.

Sec. B-16. 12 MRSA §13157, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Permission required.__A person may not operate an ATV on the land of another without the permission of the landowner or lessee.__Permission is presumed on ATV trails that are conspicuously posted or in areas open to ATVs by landowner policy.__Written permission of the landowner or lessee is required on cropland or pastureland or in an orchard.__As used in this subsection, "cropland" means acreage in tillage rotation, land being cropped and land in bush fruits, and "pastureland" means acreage devoted to the production of forage plants used for animal production.

A.__A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

B.__A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated of having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.