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| 7. Require visible identification on both the front and rear of | | all ATVs. Violation of this provision would be a civil violation | | subject to a $100 to $500 fine; |
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| | | 8. Add rivers, brooks, streams, great ponds, nonforested | | wetlands, vernal pools and source water protection areas of | | public drinking water supplies to the list of areas where ATV | | operation is prohibited. This prohibition must have an exception | | allowing for needed maintenance and management authorized by the | | landowner; |
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| | | 9. Increase the penalty for failure of an ATV operator to | | stop for a law enforcement officer to a Class D crime with a | | mandatory $1,000 fine. Attempting to elude a law enforcement | | officer would raise the violation to a Class C crime; |
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| | | 10. Establish accident forms that individuals may fill out | | themselves for ATV accidents involving minor personal injury; |
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| | | 11. Add destruction of signs and posted notices to the | | current provision regarding abuse of another person's property by | | an ATV operator; |
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| | | 12. Prohibit a child under 10 years of age from operating an | | ATV, unless it is on land owned by the child's parents, | | grandparents or guardian, or the child is at an approved ATV | | safety-training site; |
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| | | 13. Require a parent or guardian to attend ATV training with | | children 15 years of age or under; |
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| | | 14. Require mandatory safety and ethics training, or repeat | | training, for all ATV operators who are convicted of the most | | serious ATV offenses, such as OUI, driving to endanger and | | criminal trespass, and ethics training for those who commit less | | serious ATV offenses; and give the Commissioner of Inland | | Fisheries and Wildlife the authority to revoke any department | | license, registration or safety certificate of a person who does | | not comply; |
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| | | 15. Create a legislative study group to review and, if | | necessary, modify statutes so that allowing public recreational | | access for ATV operators does not compromise landowners' rights; |
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| | | 16. Authorize an ATV task force or create an ATV advisory | | committee that includes representatives of state agencies, | | Legislators and outdoor organizations to continue efforts to | | resolve ATV problems; |
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