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| 1. ATV Enforcement Grant and Aid Program. "ATV Enforcement Grant | | and Aid Program" or "the program" means the ATV Enforcement Grant | | and Aid Program established pursuant to this subchapter. |
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| | | 2. ATV Enforcement Grant Review Committee. "ATV Enforcement | | Grant Review Committee" or "the grant committee" means the__ | | committee established in section 10324. |
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| | | 3.__ATV grant coordinator. "ATV grant coordinator" means the | | person retained by the commissioner to be responsible for | | providing administration and staff support for the ATV | | Enforcement Grant Program. |
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| | | 4. General ATV enforcement. "General ATV enforcement" means | | Level 1 or Level 2 enforcement. |
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| | | 5. Law enforcement agency. "Law enforcement agency" means a | | state, county or municipal agency or bureau that employs full- | | time and part-time law enforcement officers certified by the | | Maine Criminal Justice Academy who are authorized pursuant to | | section 10402, subsection 4 to enforce the provisions of this | | Part regulating ATVs. |
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| | | 6. Level 1 enforcement. "Level 1 enforcement" means handling | | ATV complaints from landowners or other persons about the | | operation of ATVs, responding to ATV accidents and enforcing ATV | | laws during the normal course of patrol duties. |
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| | | 7. Level 2 enforcement.__"Level 2 enforcement" means ATV | | enforcement that is focused on recognized ATV problems in a | | localized area, but not a multijurisdictional high-problem area. |
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| | | 8. Matching funds. "Matching funds" means any combination of | | public and private funds used in conjunction with a grant from | | the program.__"Matching funds" includes, but is not limited to, | | private contributions of cash or securities, money from municipal | | or other public agencies, money from a federal matching program, | | in-kind contributions or any combination thereof. |
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| | | 9.__Multijurisdictional high-problem area.__ | | "Multijurisdictional high-problem area" means an area of | | extensive use by ATV operators, including, but not limited to, | | unauthorized trails or damaged agricultural lands, wetlands or | | other environmentally sensitive areas.__A multijurisdictional | | high-problem area is an area where there are documented | | complaints from landowners or others about the operation of ATVs. |
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| | | §10322. Grant and aid program established |
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