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129th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 1252 |
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LR 1788(01) |
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An Act Regarding
Snowmobile Registration Fees |
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Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill |
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Sponsor: Rep. Head of Bethel |
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Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement |
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FY 2019-20 |
FY 2020-21 |
Projections FY 2021-22 |
Projections FY 2022-23 |
| Appropriations/Allocations |
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Other Special Revenue Funds |
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$792,000 |
$792,000 |
$792,000 |
$792,000 |
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| Revenue |
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Other Special Revenue Funds |
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$792,000 |
$792,000 |
$792,000 |
$792,000 |
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| Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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This bill
requires an additional annual snowmobile registration fee of $30 if the
registrant cannot show proof of membership in a snowmobile club in the
state. For a resident family residing
in the same household in the state, the $30 additional registration fee is
for up to 4 snowmobile registrations unless each family member can show proof
of membership in a snowmobile club in the state. The bill would direct that $20 of each
additional fee collected be deposited into the Snowmobile Trail Fund (STF)
within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF), and
$10 be deposited into the Snowmobile Enforcement Fund (SEF) within the
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW). |
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The IFW has
indicated that it lacks a universal method of determining snowmobile club
membership for snowmobile registrations and can only estimate the number of
registrants that would choose to pay the additional registration fee instead
of joining a snowmobile club. Using an
average of 80,000 registrations per fiscal year and the assumption that 1/3
of those registrants would choose to pay the additional fee rather than join
a snowmobile club, the fee would generate an estimated $792,000 annually
starting in fiscal year 2019-20. Of
this revenue, $528,000 would accrue to the STF within the ACF and $264,000
would accrue to the SEF within the IFW.
The ACF will require additional allocations of $528,000 starting in
fiscal year 2019-20 and the IFW would require additional allocations of
$264,000 starting in fiscal year 2019-20 to allow for the expenditure of the
additional revenue collected. |
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