Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7824, sub-§4,śC, as amended by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. E, §30, is further amended to read:

C. The Bureau of Parks and Lands is authorized to use moneys money credited to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Bureau of Parks and Lands for snowmobile trail acquisition, including, but not limited to, the purchase or lease of real estate, grants to snowmobile clubs, municipalities and counties for the acquisition of snowmobile trail maintenance equipment and the acquisition of easements, construction, development, planning and maintenance and for providing educational and informational materials for the use of operators of snowmobiles and for research.

Sec. 2. Appropriation. The following funds are appropriated from the General Fund to the Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands.

1999-00 2000-01

CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF

Bureau of Parks and Lands

Snowmobile Trail Fund

All Other $500,000 $500,000

Appropriates funds from the General Fund to the Bureau of Parks and Lands, Snowmobile Trail Fund, for grants to clubs, municipalities and counties for the acquisition of snowmobile trail maintenance equipment.

SUMMARY

This bill allows funds in the Snowmobile Fund in the Department of Conservation to be used for grants to snowmobile clubs, municipalities and counties for the purchase of snowmobile trail maintenance equipment. The bill also appropriates $500,000 in each of the next 2 fiscal years to the Snowmobile Trail Fund specifically for such grants.