| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect as soon as | | possible in order to apply to the 2004-2005 snowmobiling season; | | and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13104, sub-§1, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and | | amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §386 and affected by §422, is further | | amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Operating unregistered snowmobile. Except as provided in | | this subsection, subsection 7 and section 13112, a person may not | | operate a snowmobile that is not registered in accordance with | | this section. |
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| | | A. A registration is not required for a snowmobile operated | over the snow on land on which the owner lives or on lands | | land on which the owner is domiciled, provided the | | snowmobile is not operated elsewhere within the jurisdiction | | of this State. |
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| | | B. A registration is not required for a snowmobile operated | | by a commercial ski area for the purpose of packing snow or | for rescue operation, | | snowmobile is required to cross a public way during that | | operation. |
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| | | C. Snowmobiles owned and operated in this State by the | | Federal Government, the State or a political subdivision of | the State are exempt from registration fees, | | registered and required to display numbers. |
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| | | D. Registration is not required to field test repairs to a | | snowmobile if valid snowmobile repair shop number plates | | issued under section 13110 are affixed to the snowmobile | | during the field test and the snowmobile is not owned by the | | snowmobile repair shop or any repair shop employee. |
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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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