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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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