This amendment replaces the bill, changes the title and removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause. The amendment does the following.
1. It authorizes the Chief Judge to establish a violations bureau to address civil violations of inland fisheries and wildlife statutes, as needed.
2. It requires the seller of an all-terrain vehicle that cannot be registered in this State to clearly disclose that the all-terrain vehicle cannot be registered.
3. It directs the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to develop and distribute targeted educational materials related to oversized all-terrain vehicle rules and regulations for distribution to all-terrain vehicle dealers and town clerks.
4. It creates a new prohibition for the violation of illegal operation of an oversized all- terrain vehicle as a civil violation or as a Class E crime if 3 or more violations occur within a 5-year period.
5. It gives the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife the authority to suspend all licenses, permits and registrations issued by the department to any person convicted or adjudicated of illegally operating an oversized all-terrain vehicle.
6. It establishes that an all-terrain vehicle dealer must provide to the purchaser and to the department within one month of the date of sale a copy of the signed form required by current law that explains the size and weight restrictions for registering the all-terrain vehicle purchased. The dealer must retain a copy of the signed form for a period of 3 years from the date of sale.
7. It creates 10 part-time intermittent Game Warden positions for increased recreational patrols, 2 positions for each of the 5 warden divisions across the state. COMMITTEE AMENDMENT COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P. 32, L.D.
8. It creates 10 sets of scales, with 4 units per set, for trailside weighing of oversized all-terrain vehicles.
9. It establishes the Reimbursement to Landowners Fund to reimburse landowners for environmental damage caused by recreational users on the landowners' trails, with $5 million in initial funding.
10. It establishes the Infrastructure Upkeep Fund to support infrastructure upkeep on public and private lands and to support infrastructure such as campsites, trails and access points on both public and private property, with $5 million in initial funding.
11. It establishes an exemption from the prohibition on the registration of oversized all-terrain vehicles for an individual who has been issued a disability registration plate for a motor vehicle. FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED (See attached) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 19, SP 32: 12.13155