Whereas, a fee of $3 is currently imposed on the registration of ATVs in addition to the regular registration fee; and

Whereas, the fee is used to fund the ATV Recreational Management Fund of the Department of Conservation; and

Whereas, the temporary fee is scheduled to end June 30, 2005; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10203, sub-§1, ķA, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §46 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:

A. All fees, fines, penalties and officers' costs and all other money received, collected or recovered by the court or the department under any provisions of this Part except section 10206, subsections 1 1-A and 3; section 10259; section 10353, subsection 3; section 11157; chapter 925, subchapter 3; and chapter 929;

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§1, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §47 and affected by §422 and amended by c. 695, Pt. B, §3 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__All-terrain vehicle revenues. The Legislature shall appropriate to the department in each fiscal year an amount equal to the administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting revenue under this subsection.__The department's administrative costs must be verified by the Department of Conservation and the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

A. The all-terrain vehicle registration fee for residents collected under chapter 939 is credited as follows.