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1. ATV Enforcement Grant and Aid Program. "ATV Enforcement Grant
and Aid Program" or "the program" means the ATV Enforcement Grant
and Aid Program established pursuant to this subchapter.

 
2. ATV Enforcement Grant Review Committee. "ATV Enforcement
Grant Review Committee" or "the grant committee" means the__
committee established in section 10324.

 
3.__ATV grant coordinator. "ATV grant coordinator" means the
person retained by the commissioner to be responsible for
providing administration and staff support for the ATV
Enforcement Grant Program.

 
4. General ATV enforcement. "General ATV enforcement" means
Level 1 or Level 2 enforcement.

 
5. Law enforcement agency. "Law enforcement agency" means a
state, county or municipal agency or bureau that employs full-
time and part-time law enforcement officers certified by the
Maine Criminal Justice Academy who are authorized pursuant to
section 10402, subsection 4 to enforce the provisions of this
Part regulating ATVs.

 
6. Level 1 enforcement. "Level 1 enforcement" means handling
ATV complaints from landowners or other persons about the
operation of ATVs, responding to ATV accidents and enforcing ATV
laws during the normal course of patrol duties.

 
7. Level 2 enforcement.__"Level 2 enforcement" means ATV
enforcement that is focused on recognized ATV problems in a
localized area, but not a multijurisdictional high-problem area.

 
8. Matching funds. "Matching funds" means any combination of
public and private funds used in conjunction with a grant from
the program.__"Matching funds" includes, but is not limited to,
private contributions of cash or securities, money from municipal
or other public agencies, money from a federal matching program,
in-kind contributions or any combination thereof.

 
9.__Multijurisdictional high-problem area.__
"Multijurisdictional high-problem area" means an area of
extensive use by ATV operators, including, but not limited to,
unauthorized trails or damaged agricultural lands, wetlands or
other environmentally sensitive areas.__A multijurisdictional
high-problem area is an area where there are documented
complaints from landowners or others about the operation of ATVs.

 
§10322. Grant and aid program established


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