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date required for filing an answer to the complaint, the person | | charged files a copy of the Violation 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. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§21, ¶¶Q and R, as enacted by PL 1999, c. | | 771, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §§1 and 2, are amended to | | read: |
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| | | Q. Operating a snowmobile too close to certain buildings as | described in section 7827, subsection 20; and |
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| | | R. Unlawfully permitting operation of a snowmobile as | described in section 7827, subsection 21. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§21, ¶S is enacted to read: |
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| | | S.__Operating a snowmobile without health insurance as | | described in section 7827, subsection 28. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§22, ¶¶L and M, as enacted by PL 1999, c. | | 771, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §§1 and 2, are amended to | | read: |
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| | | L. Unlawfully operating an ATV on railroad tracks as | described in section 7857, subsection 18; and |
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| | | M. Operating an ATV in a prohibited area as described in | section 7857, subsection 22-A. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§22, ¶N is enacted to read: |
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| | | N.__Operating an ATV without health insurance as described | | in section 7857, subsection 26. |
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| | | This bill requires operators of snowmobiles and ATVs to | | maintain health insurance. Those operators that fail to maintain | | health insurance commit a civil violation subject to forfeiture | | of not less than $100 nor more than $500. |
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