Panel backs raising snowmobile registration penalty to encourage compliance, asks for drafting clarifications
Committee considered raising the civil penalty for operating an unregistered snowmobile or one without a Vermont trail-maintenance assessment decal from $135 to $450 (first offense) to push riders toward registration; members asked counsel to clarify which subsection is referenced and requested data on violation frequency.
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Section 17 of S.326 would raise penalties for operating an unregistered snowmobile or one without a valid Vermont trail-maintenance-assessment (TMA) decal. Counsel said the proposal increases the civil penalty from $135 to $450 for a first offense and to $500 for a second or subsequent offense within three years; the change was requested by VAST to encourage registration and payment of trail-maintenance assessments.
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