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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7827, sub-§28 is enacted to read:

 
28.__Operating snowmobile without health insurance.__A person
is guilty of operating a snowmobile without health insurance if
the person fails to maintain a health insurance policy providing
medical coverage for that person and is operating a snowmobile.__
Evidence of such health insurance coverage is subject to
inspection on demand by a law enforcement officer.__If a person
who is operating a snowmobile fails to produce evidence of health
insurance coverage, this failure is prima facie evidence that the
person is uninsured and in violation of this subsection.__A
person who violates this subsection is subject to penalty
pursuant to section 7901, subsection 21, paragraph S.__A person
served with a Violations Summons and Complaint charging a
violation of this subsection may have the complaint dismissed if
that person shows satisfactory evidence of health insurance
coverage that was in effect at the time of the alleged violation.__
The clerk of the District Court Violations Bureau shall dismiss
the complaint if, prior to the date required for filing an answer
to the complaint, the person charged files a copy of the
Violations Summons and Complaint with the bureau together with
satisfactory evidence of health insurance coverage that was in
effect at the time of the alleged violation.__If a person files a
timely answer to a Violations Summons and Complaint alleging a
violation of this section and that person presents to the court
at the time of trial satisfactory evidence of health insurance
coverage that was in effect at the time of the alleged violation,
the court shall dismiss the complaint.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7857, sub-§26 is enacted to read:

 
26.__Operating ATV without health insurance.__A person is
guilty of operating an ATV without health insurance if the person
fails to maintain a health insurance policy providing medical
coverage for that person and is operating an ATV.__Evidence of
such health insurance coverage is subject to inspection on demand
by a law enforcement officer.__If a person who is operating an
ATV fails to produce evidence of health insurance coverage, this
failure is prima facie evidence that the person is uninsured and
in violation of this subsection.__A person who violates this
subsection is subject to penalty pursuant to section 7901,
subsection 22, paragraph N.__A person served with a Violations
Summons and Complaint charging a violation of this subsection may
have the complaint dismissed if that person shows satisfactory
evidence of health insurance coverage that was in effect at the
time of the alleged violation.__The clerk of the District Court
Violations Bureau shall dismiss the complaint if, prior to the


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