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An Act To Clarify Standards by Which Game Wardens May Stop All-terrain Vehicles
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10353, sub-§2, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
 
G. StopIf the warden has reasonable and articulable suspicion to believe that a violation of law has taken place or is taking place, stop and examine any all-terrain vehicle to ascertain whether it is being operated in compliance with chapter 939 or any other provision of this Part regulating ATVs, demand and inspect the operator's certificate of registration and, when appropriate, demand and inspect evidence that the operator has satisfactorily completed a training course as required by section 13152;
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires a game warden to have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to believe that a violation of law has taken place or is taking place before stopping an all-terrain vehicle.