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

 
Sec. E-17. 12 MRSA §13152, sub-§2, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9;
repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §401 and
affected by §422; and repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 695,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 C, §1, is repealed and the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; or

 
C.__A safety training site approved by the department.

 
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. E-18. 12 MRSA §13154-A, sub-§6, śC, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655,
Pt. B, §404 and affected by §422 and enacted by PL 2003, 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 C, §1, is repealed and the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.

 
Sec. E-19. 12 MRSA §13157, as repealed by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt.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 C, §1, is repealed.

 
Sec. E-20. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655,
Pt. B, §414 and affected by §422, is repealed.

 
Sec. E-21. 12 MRSA §13157-A, 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


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