CHAPTER 456

S.P. 635 - L.D. 1688

An Act To Establish the Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative

Trails

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2005, c. 1, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

7.__Snowmobiles of nonresidents; Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails.__Except as specifically provided in this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a snowmobile belonging to a nonresident may be possessed or operated by any person in this State as long as the snowmobile is properly registered in this State in the name of a nonresident owner of the snowmobile.__Nothing in this subsection authorizes the operation of a snowmobile in a manner contrary to this chapter.

A.__A nonresident is ineligible to obtain a resident registration for a snowmobile owned by that nonresident.__ Snowmobiles and grooming equipment registered to federal or state entities, snowmobile clubs, municipalities or counties from bordering states or provinces and engaged in trail grooming may be operated without being registered under this subsection. Snowmobiles registered in either New Hampshire or Canada may be operated on any lake or pond that is partly in both the State and New Hampshire or Canada without being registered in the State.