An Act To Fund Maine's Recreational Trails
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §1893, sub-§1, ¶C is enacted to read:
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13155, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2019, c. 75, §3, is further amended to read:
(1) Seventy-five One hundred dollars for a registration valid for 7 consecutive days. A person may purchase more than one 7-day registration in any season; and
(2) Ninety One hundred fifteen dollars for a registration valid for one year.
The registration for an ATV owned by a nonresident must specify the dates for which the registration is valid.
Twelve dollars of each fee In addition to funds collected under section 10206, $37 from a resident registration collected pursuant to this subsection must be deposited in the ATV Recreational Management Fund established in and must be used to maintain designated state-approved ATV trails in accordance with section 1893, subsection 2.
Ten dollars In addition to funds collected under section 10206, $10 of each fee collected pursuant to paragraph B must be deposited in the ATV Enforcement Fund established in section 10267.
Sec. 3. Effective date. That section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 13155, subsection 5 takes effect May 1, 2021.
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This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Resolve 2019, chapter 35, section 1. The bill increases the registration fees for all-terrain vehicles by $25 for each type of registration. The bill provides that the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands must use the registration fees deposited into the ATV Recreational Management Fund to oversee construction and maintenance of designated state-approved all-terrain vehicle trails.