Sec. 19. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Permission required.__A person may not operate an ATV on the land of another without the permission of the landowner or lessee.__Permission is presumed on ATV trails that are conspicuously posted or in areas open to ATVs by landowner policy.__Written permission of the landowner or lessee is required on cropland or pastureland or in an orchard.__As used in this subsection, "cropland" means acreage in tillage rotation, land being cropped and land in bush fruits and "pastureland" means acreage devoted to the production of forage plants used for animal production.

A.__A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 may be adjudged.

B.__A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated of having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.

Sec. 20. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§22, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §414 and affected by §422, are amended to read:

B. Leave open a gate or bars on another person's land; or

C. Trample or destroy crops on another person's land.; or

Sec. 21. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§22, ¶D is enacted to read:

D.__Remove or destroy signs or posted notices.

Sec. 22. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§23, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §414 and affected by §422, is repealed.

Sec. 23. 12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§§24 to 27 are enacted to read:

24.__Operation of ATV on temporarily closed trail.__A person may not operate an ATV on any section of a trail posted with a notice of temporary closure in accordance with this subsection.__ The notice must specify the section of trail that is closed and the period of the closure and must be conspicuously posted at each end of the closed section of the trail.