An Act To Allow the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands To Transfer Ownership of Snowmobile Trail Maintenance Equipment to Incorporated Nonprofit Snowmobile Clubs

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §1808  is enacted to read:

§ 1808.  Transfer of state-owned snowmobile trail maintenance equipment

With the consent of the commissioner, the director may transfer ownership of state-owned snowmobile trail maintenance equipment, including trail-grooming equipment as defined in section 13113, snowmobiles, trail drags and tools, to incorporated nonprofit snowmobile clubs for the purpose of maintaining snowmobile trail systems that were previously maintained by the State before the transfer of the snowmobile trail maintenance equipment occurred.

SUMMARY

This bill authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, with the consent of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, to transfer ownership of state-owned snowmobile trail maintenance equipment to incorporated nonprofit snowmobile clubs for the maintenance of snowmobile trail systems that were maintained by the State before the transfer of the snowmobile trail maintenance equipment occurred.