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E. Registration is not required to field test repairs to a | snowmobile when the snowmobile is tested on the premises of a | snowmobile repair shop when the snowmobile repair shop is open | and the snowmobile is not owned by the snowmobile repair shop | or any repair shop employee. |
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| F.__ The following penalties apply to violations of this | subsection. |
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| (1)__A person who violates this subsection commits a | civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 | nor more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| (2)__A person who violates this subsection after having | been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil | violations under this Part within the previous 5-year | period commits a Class E crime. |
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| A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation | for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 | may be adjudged. |
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| | Sec. B-387. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 7. Snowmobiles of nonresidents. Except as specifically | provided in this subsection, and notwithstanding any other | provision of law, a snowmobile belonging to a nonresident may be | possessed or operated by any person in this State as long as the | snowmobile is properly registered in this State in the name of a | nonresident owner of the snowmobile. |
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| A snowmobile owned by a nonresident may not be issued is | ineligible to obtain a resident registration for a snowmobile | owned by that nonresident. Nothing in this subsection authorizes | the operation of any a snowmobile in any a manner contrary to | this chapter. This subsection does not apply to snowmobiles | Snowmobiles and grooming equipment registered to a federal or | state entity, snowmobile clubs, municipalities or counties from | bordering states or provinces and engaged in trail grooming may | be operated without being registered under this subsection. | Snowmobiles registered in either New Hampshire or Canada may be | operated on any lake or pond that is both partly in the State and | New Hampshire or Canada without being registered in the State. |
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| | Sec. B-388. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. B-389. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§12-A is enacted to read: |
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