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LR 3216
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Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13152, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c.
397, Pt. E, §17, is amended to read:

 
2. Training. A person over 9 years of age and under 16 19
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. 3. 12 MRSA §13154-A, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

 
2-A.__Unlawfully operating ATV by person 10 to under 14 years
of age.__Except as provided in subsection 6, a person 10 years of
age or older but under 14 years of age may not operate an ATV
unless that person has successfully completed a training course
approved by the department pursuant to section 13152 and is
accompanied by an adult.

 
A.__A person who violates this subsection commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $500 may be adjudged.

 
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. 4. 12 MRSA §13154-A, sub-§§3, 4 and 5, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
655, Pt. B, §404 and affected by §422 and enacted by c. 695, Pt.
B, §12 and affected by Pt. C, §1, are amended to read:

 
3. Unlawfully operating ATV by person 14 to under 19 years of
age. Except as provided in subsection 6, a person 10 14 years of
age or older but under 16 19 years of age may not operate an ATV
unless that person has successfully completed a training


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