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An Act To Allow Military Personnel Stationed in Maine To Register All-terrain Vehicles As Residents
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13155, sub-§11  is enacted to read:
 
11.  Member of United States Armed Forces permanently stationed in State.     A person may register in this State an ATV owned by that person pursuant to subsection 3 at the resident fee specified in subsection 5 if that person is:
 
A.  A person serving in the Armed Forces of the United States who is permanently stationed at a military or naval post, station or base in the State; or
 
B.  The spouse or child of a person under paragraph A if the spouse or child permanently resides with that person.
 
A member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in the State or the spouse or child of that member who desires to register an ATV in this State shall present certification from the commander of the member's military or naval post, station or base, or from the commander's designated agent, that the member is permanently stationed at that post, station or base. The fee for registration of an ATV pursuant to this subsection must be allocated as if the person registering the ATV were a resident of the municipality in which the post, station or base is located.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is permanently stationed at a military or naval post, station or base in Maine or the spouse or child of that member to register an ATV in Maine at the cost of a resident registration. The registration fees attributable to such a registration are allocated to the municipality in which the military or naval post, station or base is located.