An Act To Provide a Source of Funding for the ATV Recreational Management Fund and To Establish the ATV Enforcement Fund
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, the provisions of this Act need to become effective before 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature in order for changes to all-terrain vehicle registration fees to take effect during 2019; and
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,
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9 and amended by PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §5, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10267 is enacted to read:
§ 10267. ATV Enforcement Fund
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §13155, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 2011, c. 116, §1 and affected by §2, is amended to read:
(1) Fifty-three Seventy-five dollars for a registration valid for 7 consecutive days. A person may purchase more than one 7-day registration in any season; and
(2) Sixty-eight Ninety dollars for a registration valid for one year.
The registration for an ATV owned by a nonresident must specify the dates for which the registration is valid.
Twelve dollars of each fee collected pursuant to this subsection must be deposited in the ATV Recreational Management Fund established in section 1893, subsection 2.
Ten dollars of each fee collected pursuant to paragraph B must be deposited in the ATV Enforcement Fund established in section 10267.
Sec. 4. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF
Off-Road Recreational Vehicles Program Z224
Initiative: Provides allocations to conduct research on issues related to the management of ATVs; to assist in the formation of nonprofit ATV groups; to make grants-in-aid to political subdivisions, educational institutions, regional planning agencies, ATV groups and others to construct and maintain ATV trails; to purchase equipment; to assist in the design and development of ATV trails; to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire interests in land, including, but not limited to, fee or easement interests for ATV trails or sport-riding facilities; to provide protection to landowners against ATV-related suit or liability; and to otherwise provide for the wise and orderly management of ATVs.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
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All Other
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$867,936 | $867,936 |
 |
|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $867,936 | $867,936 |
| AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$867,936 | $867,936 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $867,936 | $867,936 |
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF
ATV Enforcement Fund N308
Initiative: Provides allocations for personnel services costs, safety and education programs and the purchase of equipment or machinery related to the enforcement of ATV laws.
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
All Other
|
$124,960 | $124,960 |
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|
|
| OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL | $124,960 | $124,960 |
| INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| DEPARTMENT TOTALS | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$124,960 | $124,960 |
|
|
|
| DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $124,960 | $124,960 |
| SECTION TOTALS | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
|
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
|
$992,896 | $992,896 |
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|
|
| SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS | $992,896 | $992,896 |
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation takes effect when approved.