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An Act To Equalize the Distribution of Gasoline Tax Revenues between Snowmobiles and All-terrain Vehicles
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §2903-D, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 397, Pt. A, §49; PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5 and 7; and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24, is further amended to read:
 
2. Snowmobiles.   Of total gasoline tax revenues, 0.9045%0.5285% is distributed among the following agencies in the following manner:
 
A. The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife receives 14.93% of that amount, to be used by the commissioner for the purposes set forth in Title 12, section 1893, subsection 3, section 10206, subsection 2, section 13104, subsections 2 to 13 and section 13105, subsection 1; and
 
B. The Snowmobile Trail Fund of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands, described in Title 12, section 1893, subsection 3, receives 85.07% of that amount.
Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §2903-D, sub-§3, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 695, Pt. B, §26 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:
 
3. All-terrain vehicles.   Of total gasoline tax revenues, 0.1525%0.5285% is distributed among the following agencies in the following manner:
 
A. The ATV Enforcement Grant and Aid Program established in Title 12, section 10322 receives 50% of that amount; and
 
B. The ATV Recreational Management Fund, established in Title 12, section 1893, subsection 2 receives 50% of that amount.
 
The State Tax Assessor shall certify to the State Controller by the 15th day of each month the amounts to be distributed and credited under this section as of the close of the State Controller's records for the previous month.
 
SUMMARY
Current law distributes 0.9045% of total gasoline tax revenues to programs related to snowmobiles and 0.1525% to programs related to all-terrain vehicles. This bill amends the law to provide that 0.5285% of gasoline tax revenues funds programs related to snowmobiles and 0.5285% funds programs related to all-terrain vehicles.