Maine Raises
Registration Fees
Courtesy of AP News
April 9, 2008
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine snowmobilers will be paying
higher registration fees. Gov. John Baldacci has signed into law a bill that
increases the registration fee for residents from $33 to $35 per season.
It directs that the $2 increase be credited to the state Snowmobile Trail Fund.
The law, which was signed Friday, also increases the seasonal snowmobile
registration for nonresidents from $68 to $88. The increase takes effect
as snowmobilers mark a record season with snow that still covers trails in many
areas.
But snowmobilers say the trail system needs better maintenance and asked the
Legislature to hike the registration fees, with most of the increase going to
grooming.