CHAPTER 465

S.P. 649 - L.D. 1695

An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries

and Wildlife To Allow the Operation of Snowmobiles

Registered outside the State at Special Events Occurring in

the State

Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and

Whereas, the law must be corrected so that it will be effective for this snowmobile season; 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Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§7, as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c. 456, §1, is amended to read:

7. Snowmobiles of nonresidents; Maine-New Hampshire Cooperative Trails; special events. Except as specifically provided in this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a snowmobile belonging to a nonresident may be possessed or operated by any person in this State as long as the snowmobile is properly registered in this State in the name of a nonresident owner of the snowmobile. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the operation of a snowmobile in a manner contrary to this chapter.