Sec. 1. 10 MRSA c. 204-C is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 204-C

SNOWMOBILE WARRANTIES

§1199.__Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Consumer. "Consumer" means the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, of a snowmobile, any person to whom the snowmobile is registered during the duration of an express warranty applicable to the snowmobile and any other person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty, except that the term "consumer" does not include any governmental entity, or any business or commercial enterprise that registers 3 or more snowmobiles.

2.__Dealer.__"Dealer" means a person who sells or solicits or advertises the sale of new or used snowmobiles.

3.__Distributor or wholesaler.__"Distributor" or "wholesaler" means a person who sells or distributes new or used snowmobiles to dealers or who maintains distributor representatives within this State.

4.__Franchisee.__"Franchisee" means a snowmobile dealer to whom a franchise is offered or granted.

5.__Manufacturer.__"Manufacturer" means a person, partnership, firm, association, corporation or trust, resident or nonresident, that manufactures or assembles new snowmobiles or imports snowmobiles for distribution through distributors, or a partnership, firm, association, joint venture, corporation or trust, resident or nonresident, that is controlled by the manufacturer.__"Manufacturer" includes the terms "distributor" and "wholesaler."

6. Reasonable allowance for use. "Reasonable allowance for use" means that amount of use obtained by multiplying the total purchase price of the snowmobile by a fraction having as its denominator 1,000 and having as its numerator the number of hours that the snowmobile was operated prior to the manufacturer's acceptance of its return.

7.__Snowmobile.__"Snowmobile" means a vehicle propelled by