Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13155, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2003, c. 695, Pt. B, §13 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

5.__Fee.__The annual ATV registration fee is:

A.__For a resident, $30.__The registration for an ATV owned by a resident is valid for one year, commencing on July 1st of each year.__A person who obtains a resident ATV registration after March 31st may pay $37.50 and receive a registration covering the remainder of the registration period plus one additional year; and

B.__For a nonresident:

(1)__Forty dollars for a registration valid for 3 consecutive days.__A person may purchase more than one 3-day registration in any season;

(2)__Fifty-five dollars for a registration valid for 10 consecutive days.__A person may purchase more than one 10-day registration in any season; and

(3)__Sixty-five dollars for a seasonal registration.

The registration for an ATV owned by a nonresident must specify the dates for which the registration is valid.

Five dollars from each registration fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be transferred to the ATV Recreational Management Fund established in section 1893, subsection 2.

SUMMARY

This bill creates a short-term registration system for all- terrain vehicles for nonresidents similar to the short-term registration system established for snowmobiles.