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Sec. 20. 12 MRSA §13152, sub-§2, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9;
repealed and replaced by c. 655, Pt. B, §401 and affected by
§422; and repealed and replaced by c. 695, Pt. B, §10 and
affected by Pt. C, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in
its place:

 
2.__Training.__A person over 9 years of age and under 16 years
of age must successfully complete a training program approved by
the department prior to operating an ATV except on:

 
A.__Land on which that person is domiciled;

 
B.__Land owned or leased by that person's parent or
guardian;

 
C.__A safety training site approved by the department; or

 
D. Land where permission for the use has been granted to the
person's parent or guardian.

 
A person under 16 years of age must attend the training program
with that person's parent or guardian.__The training program must
include instruction on the safe operation of ATVs, the laws
pertaining to ATVs, the effect of ATVs on the environment and
ways to minimize that effect, courtesy to landowners and other
recreationists and landowners and other materials as determined
by the department.

 
Sec. 21. 12 MRSA §13154-A, sub-§6, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655,
Pt. B, §404 and affected by §422 and enacted by c. 695, Pt. B,
§12 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is amended to read:

 
B. Land owned or leased by the operator's parent or
guardian; or

 
Sec. 22. 12 MRSA §13154-A, sub-§6, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655,
Pt. B, §404 and affected by §422 and enacted by c. 695, Pt. B,
§12 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is repealed and the following
enacted in its place:

 
C.__A safety training site approved by the department; or

 
Sec. 23. 12 MRSA §13154-A, sub-§6, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Land where permission for use has been granted to the
operator's parent or guardian.

 
Sec. 24. 12 MRSA §13157, as repealed by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B,
§413 and affected by §422 and amended by c. 695, Pt. B, §§15 to
23 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is repealed.


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