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An Act To Allow a Portion of Snowmobile Registration Fees To Be Used for the Repair of Trail-grooming Equipment
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §20 and c. 226, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
4.  Fee.     Except as provided in subsection 5, the annual snowmobile registration fee is as follows:
 
A.  For residents, $40. The registration for a snowmobile owned by a resident is valid for one year, commencing on July 1st of each year; and
 
B.  For nonresidents:
 
(1) Forty-three dollars for a 3-consecutive-day registration. A person may purchase more than one 3-day registration in any season; and
 
(2) Eighty-eight dollars for a seasonal registration.
 
The registration for a snowmobile 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 a special fund administered by the Off-Road Vehicle Division of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation. The funds must be used to assist any entity that has a snowmobile trail grooming contract with the bureau in the purchase of trail-grooming equipment. The funds also may be used for the repair or overhaul of trail-grooming equipment.
 
Seven dollars from each resident snowmobile registration fee must be transferred to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a portion of snowmobile registration fees to be used for the repair of trail-grooming equipment used by entities that have snowmobile trail grooming contracts with the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands. The bill also corrects a conflict created by Public Law 2009, chapter 213, Part OO, section 20, which removed the nonresident 10-consecutive-day registration, and Public Law 2009, chapter 226, section 1, which maintained the nonresident 10-consecutive-day registration. The bill corrects that conflict by removing the nonresident 10-consecutive-day registration.