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129th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 1252 |
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LR 1788(02) |
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An Act Regarding
Snowmobile Registration Fees |
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Fiscal Note for
Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " " |
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Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Fiscal Note |
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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 directs 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 bill includes additional
allocations of $528,000 to the ACF starting in fiscal year 2019-20 and
$264,000 to the IFW starting in fiscal year 2019-20 to allow for the
expenditure of the additional revenue collected. |
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