2.__Fee.__The commissioner shall set the fee for a snowmobile repair shop license.__The fee may not exceed $15 for any 12-month period.

3.__Field testing repairs on unregistered snowmobiles.__The owner of a snowmobile repair shop licensed under this section may operate or allow the operation of an unregistered snowmobile for the purpose of field testing repairs to that snowmobile if:

A.__Valid snowmobile repair shop number plates issued under this section are affixed to the snowmobile during the field test; and

B.__The snowmobile is not owned by the snowmobile repair shop or any person employed by the snowmobile repair shop.

Operating an unregistered snowmobile in compliance with this subsection is not a violation of section 13104, subsection 1.

§13111.__Snowmobile rental agent certificate

1.__Registration and issuance.__Except as provided in this section, a person or business may not rent or lease a snowmobile unless that person or business:

A.__Registers with the department as a snowmobile rental agent and is issued a snowmobile rental agent certificate from the commissioner;

B.__Obtains a Maine certificate of number for each snowmobile being offered for rent or lease in the name of the person or business holding that certificate; and

C.__Instructs each person who rents or leases a snowmobile how to operate the snowmobile, including how to use the brake, throttle and kill switch, and provides to that person a pamphlet describing proper hand signals.

A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation or which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

2.__Exception; guides.__This section does not apply to a person lawfully engaged in guiding activities under section 12853 who accompanies others on guided trips that include the use of snowmobiles, except that such a person must provide the operators