Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §1893, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, are amended to read:

A. Within available funds, the snowmobile program shall develop and maintain snowmobile trails and provide educational and informational materials for the use of operators of snowmobiles. The bureau may charge a reasonable fee for such services and materials when the money credited to it under chapter 715, subchapter II is insufficient to satisfy the demand for those services and materials. All fees collected must be deposited in the bureau's Snowmobile Trail Fund. The bureau shall administer the Snowmobile Trail Fund and the snowmobile program's other activities must be conducted pursuant to section 7824, subsection 4. The Snowmobile Trail Fund receives funding as provided in chapter 715, subchapter II and Title 36, section 2903-B 2903-D, subsection 2.

B. The bureau shall administer the ATV Recreational Management Fund established under section 7854, subsection 4 for the purposes given in that subsection and for the acquisition of land to be used for ATV trails. The bureau may adopt rules in accordance with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II for the issuance of grants-in-aid from the fund and to further define alpine tundra areas pursuant to section 7851, subsection 2-A. Additional funding for the ATV Recreational Management Fund is as provided in Title 36, section 2903-C 2903-D, subsection 3.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1894, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §1896, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is amended to read:

§1896. Boating Facilities Fund

There is created within the bureau the Boating Facilities Fund, referred to in this subchapter as the "fund." The fund, as funded under Title 36, section 2903-A 2903-D, subsection 1, must be available to the director in carrying out the duties of the bureau under this subchapter. This fund is a continuous carrying account.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7020-A is enacted to read:

§7020-A.__Joint effort to determine gasoline use by nonhighway

recreational vehicles